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Monastery of Saint Epiphanius
Archeological site in Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Monastery of Epiphanius is a monastery near in Luxor Governorate, Egypt, near the regional capital Luxor (ancient Thebes). It was founded by an anchorite named Epiphanius towards the end of the sixth century.
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It was explored by an expedition from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1912–14.
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Further reading
- Herbert E. Winlock & Walter E. Crum: The Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes. Part I: The Literary Material, New York, 1926.
- Walter Ewing Crum & Hugh G. Evelyn White: The Monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes. Part II: The Archaeological Material, New York, 1926.
- Scott Bucking: "Scribes and Schoolmasters? On contextualizing Coptic and Greek Ostraca excavated at the Monastery of Epiphanius". In: Journal of Coptic Studies; 9 (2007) pp. 21–47.
- Catherine Thirard: Le monastère d'Épiphane à Thèbes: nouvelle interprétation chronologique. In: Études coptes; IX (= Cahiers de la Bibliothèque Copte; 14). De Boccard, Paris, 2006, pp. 367–374.
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External links
A detailed excavation report on the Monastery of Epiphanius
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