The archaeological mission of the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities has unearthed ruins of a residential area, churches and monasteries that date back to Egypt’s Coptic era some 1,500 years ago. The new discovery was found near the Coptic cemetery in the town of Bahnassa in Minya, some 250km south of Cairo. Gamal Al-Samtawi, director … Continue reading Remains of 5th-century church discovered in Minya