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In 1945, villagers digging for fertilizer in Upper Egypt found a sealed jar of codices, and Nag Hammadi changed the study of early ChristianityVillagers near Nag Hammadi found a sealed jar in 1945. Inside were thirteen ancient books. These books contained early Christian texts unkn...- In 1945, Egyptian villagers digging beside the cliffs of Nag Hammadi uncovered leather-bound books: The accidental find transformed the study of GnosticismAmidst the arid expanse of the Egyptian desert, a serendipitous find in 1945 revealed hidden scrolls within a clay vessel. These codices pr...
- What is Orthodox Christmas? Why do 250 million people celebrate Christmas on January 7, is it a holidayEvery year, for millions of Christians worldwide, Christmas falls on January 7 rather than December 25. The difference exists because these...
- 2,000-yr-old book, written by the 1st Christian monks, may fetch $2.6 mn at auctionThe Crosby-Schoyen Codex - written in Coptic on papyrus around 250-350 AD, and produced in one of the first Christian monasteries - has an ...
- Electrical fire kills 41 in Cairo Coptic churchMore than 40 people were killed when a fire ripped through a Coptic Christian church in a working-class district of greater Cairo during Su...
- The dark side of namesCovid-19 has brought this issue sharply into focus. Donald Trump’s attempts to dub ‘Coronavirus disease 2019” as the ‘China virus’ showed t...
- At least 235 killed in terror attack on Egypt mosqueNo one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack and there is no word yet on what happened to the militants involved. However, it bears...
- Egyptian court confirms Mohamed Morsi's life sentenceMorsi received the original sentence in June 2016 after being found guilty of using his post to leak classified documents to Qatar and sell...
- PM Narendra Modi condemns attacks in EgyptAt least 45 people were killed and nearly 120 others injured in powerful blasts in two churches packed with worshippers celebrating Palm Su...
- Pope washes feet of Muslim migrants, says 'we are brothers'Several of the migrants then wept as Francis knelt before them, poured holy water from a brass pitcher over their feet, wiped them clean an...
- Up to India to join international coalition against Islamic State: USIS has claimed responsibility for bombings in Libya as well as the murder of 21 Coptic Christians, most of them Egyptian.
- Embattled Libyan government loses grip as general expands powerHundreds of residents wait outside petrol stations that have closed as result of debilitating power struggle between rival governments that...
- For Christ's sakeWhether the flake of papyrus turns out to be fake ornot, there's simply no getting away from the fact that Jesus was one of the greatest wh...
- Papyrus Capers: Has an ancient precursor of Dan Brown been discovered, or his vindicator?If today’s authors let their imagination and speculation range freely — if not run wild — there is no guaranteeing that literary licence di...
- Will democracy smile in Egypt?The chaos in Cairo may have taken the romance off the Tahrir Square moment. But it’s unlikely that the country will fall to the Muslim Brot...
- A year of cold comfort in Egypt post Hosni Mubarak's dethronementIt's still not yet clear if the energy released in Egypt post Hosni Mubarak's dethronement will steer it towards a successful people's rule...
- Officials: Bomb detonated in empty church in EgyptAssailants detonated a bomb today in an empty church in a small town in northern Egypt, causing little damage and no injuries, security off...
- Suicide bomber targets church in Egypt, kills 21At least 21 worshippers were killed and about 80 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a church soon after the New Y...
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