Large late-antique Coptic monastic complex excavated in Egypt

COPTIC WATCH: Archaeological discovery from the 5th century in the Nile Delta: the second-largest monastic complex in the history of Egyptian Christianity (Guillermo Carvajal, LBV).

The excavation campaign carried out by the Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in the area of Al-Qalaya, located in the center of Hosh Issa, in the Beheira governorate, has culminated in the discovery of a monumental structure that specialists link to the earliest manifestations of Coptic monasticism.

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Lots of architectual and artifactual discoveries at this site. The latter include a grave stone and fragmentary ceramic vessels inscribed in Coptic.

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