Coptic Christians are members of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the largest Christian church in Egypt. The church traces its origin back to Mark the Evangelist, who is credited ...

The Gospel of Thomas is a New Testament-era Coptic manuscript, discovered in Nag Hammadi, Egypt in 1945. Unlike the four narrative gospels included in the Bible, Thomas is a ...

The Alexandria National Museum was officially opened on December 31, 2003, and has quickly assumed a position of importance among the nation's cultural institutions. As a city at the ...

Jonathan McCullum, a 17-year-old student from Maine, spent a year studying abroad in Egypt while living with a family of Coptic Christians. McCullum allegedly lost nearly 40% of his body ...

Eritrea is a country in northern East Africa with its eastern border on the shores of the Red Sea. Eritrea shares borders with Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Until 1991, Eritrea ...

Cairo is the capital of Egypt, located in the northeast corner of Africa. This area has been inhabited for thousands of years due to its prime location at the mouth ...

Alexandria - named after Alexander the Great - has been an important centre in Egypt since ancient times when it was known for the Pharos, the famous lighthouse that was one of ...