THE HISTORY OF THE CAVE-CHURCH IN COPTIC EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Faculty of Hotels and Tourism - Alexandria University

Abstract

The paper spots the light on the origin of the Cave-Shrine in ancient Egypt: how it 
appeared in the Pharaonic period, disappeared, and reappeared in the Byzantine 
period in the so-called the Cave-Church. The researcher classified the Cave-churches 
founded in Egypt into four categories.

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