Egypt’s ancient monastery library preserves precious manuscripts
By Al-Monitor The historic library of the remote Saint Catherine’s Monastery, located in Egypt’s South Sinai governorate, has taken up a formidable conservation project to [...]
Hidden writing in ancient desert monastery manuscripts
By Fleur Macdonald – BBC News For a monk who lives in the Sinai desert in Egypt, in the world’s oldest working monastery, Father Justin replies to emails very speedily. It should come [...]
Ancient Egyptian Monastery Closed and Christmas Celebrations Canceled
By Raymond Ibrahim – Exclusive to Coptic Solidarity – Local authorities decided to close down the Saint Catherine Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, on January 5 and [...]
Scientists Discover Lost languages, Ancient Remedies at Egyptian Monastery
By Tom Whipple – The Times UK – Ancient works not read by humans since the Dark Ages have been found at an Egyptian monastery, using a technique that allows researchers to [...]
Ancient Sinai monastery targeted by Islamic militants in Egypt a week after Coptic church bombings
By James Macintyre – Christian Today Islamist gunmen attacked security forces near St Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s south Sinai yesterday, killing at least one police officer [...]
