A quiet yet symbolically significant gathering took place on May 17 at the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Cairo.

While beheadings grab headlines, poverty and cultural friction push emigration to the West—where the welcome is not always ...

If we exclude the sources of the Blue Nile, ultimately a work of nature, the most important and striking monument in Ethiopia ...

Farmers searching for treasure stumbled upon a sealed jar of ancient papyrus texts, and among them was a manuscript that ...

Throughout human history, certain languages have endured the test of time, continuing to be spoken or preserved today.

Semi-autonomous region has signed multibillion-dollar agreements with US companies HKN Energy and WesternZagros to develop ...

Archaeologists uncovered murals of Joseph and Jesus in a newly found 6th-century building, revealing deep spiritual roots in ...

The diocese of Upper Egypt's Minya denied on Monday reports of an attack on Coptic Christians in the village of Manshyiat ...

Discovered in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Egypt, the Nag Hammadi Library is a collection of ancient texts that has ...

The archaeological sites of Old Cairo are being transformed and upgraded as part of plans to turn the district into a more ...

The historical area centers around Saint Menas, who died in the early days of Christianity and is buried at the site that was ...