Possible ancient monks' complex discovered in Minya excavations
Excavations started in 2008 when the mission uncovered the remains of a fifth-century church mud-brick church and a number of chambers
Nevine El-Aref , Friday 18 Aug 2017
Excavation work in Minya has uncovered an ancient settlement that might be a monks’ complex, the antiquities ministry have said.
Ayman Ashmawi, the head of the Ancient Egyptian Antiquities Department at the ministry, said that the settlement in the area besides the Al-Nassara necropolis in Al-Bahnasa includes a collection of rock-hewn tombs and a residential area, dating from the 5th century AD.
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