A Norwegian-french Archaeological Mission Discovered In The Bahariya Oasis

A Norwegian-French archaeological mission discovered in the Bahariya oasis, Egypt, the ruins of a complex of cells and churches of Christian monks. Scientists believe that the ancient community began here in the fourth century AD. Writes about this The Guardian.

The buildings are reported to have been built with basalt or mud bricks. At the same time, some buildings were carved into the rocks.

The complex consists of six sectors containing the ruins of three churches and monks’ cells. On the walls of the buildings, biblical passages are written in Greek, as well as symbols in Coptic, notes the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities.

This remote place, located in an oasis southwest of Cairo, was inhabited from the fourth to eighth centuries, writes The Guardian.

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