A French-Norwegian archaeological team has discovered new Christian remains in Egypt’s Bahariya Oasis dating back to the 5th century A.D. The discovery reveals the monastic Life in the area at the Time, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said on 13…
The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities recently said that an archaeological team has discovered new Christian remains in Egypt’s Western Desert dating back to the 5th century AD, a discovery that reveals the monastic life in the area at the time.
The Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities said in a statement on Saturday (13) that the French-Norwegian archaeological team, during its third excavation at the site of Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz in the Bahariya Oasis, about 370 kilometers from Cairo, found “several buildings made of basalt and mud bricks Some of them were also built in bedrock”.
The French-Norwegian archaeological team discovered “several buildings made of basalt and mud bricks” at the Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz site in the Bahariya Oasis.
Dr. Osama Talaat, head of Islamic, Coptic and Jewish antiquities at the Department of Antiquities, said the complex has “six blocks, including the remains of three churches and monastic chambers, with pictures on the walls and some symbols with Coptic meanings.
Dr. Victor Ghica, head of the archaeological team, further said that last year “19 buildings and a church” were found in the bedrock, and that the walls of the church were decorated with “religious inscriptions” and biblical texts written in Greek. These remains clearly indicate that monks lived in the area in the 5th century AD.
Ghika also stressed that the discovery helps to understand “the development of buildings and the formation of the first monastic communities” in this part of Egypt.
The walls of the newly discovered complex contain drawings and symbols with Coptic meanings.
The remote site of Tal Ganoub Qasr al-Agouz, located in the desert southwest of the capital Cairo, was inhabited from the 4th to the 8th centuries, with the most flourishing period probably around the 5th to 6th centuries, according to the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, which led the team, as quoted by AFP. probably around the 5th to 6th centuries.
Recently, Egypt has announced several new archaeological developments, including the recent discovery of a brewery in southern Egypt that is believed to be more than 5,000 years old, and was produced on a large scale, possibly the “oldest” known brewery.
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