Monastery of Anthony the Great gets face lift thanks to the Egyptian government. CAIRO, Feb. 10, 2010 — -- Near Egypt's Red Sea coast, nestled at the foot of Al Qalzam Mountain and dotted by palm ...

Tourist companies have placed the visit to the archaeological Monastery of Saint Anthony, the oldest monastic monastery in the world, as part of their tourist programs. This follows with increasing ...

The view from the plane was encouraging. Forget Fifty Shades of Grey, who knew there could be so many different blues, a whole 'Farrow and Ball' range from cornflower blue to teal and turquoise, deep ...

ZAAFARANA, EgyptZAAFARANA, Egypt — Egypt’s chief archaeologist unveiled on Thursday an extensive renovation of the oldest monastery in the world, touting the work at the 1,600 year-old-site as a ...

Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, is meeting with King Abdullah of Jordan and is set to inaugurate the Monastery of Saint Anthony the Great in Amman later Sunday on his ...

The nave paintings at the monastery of St. Anthony were executed by local artists in the early thirteenth century, during a period of mounting concerns over the Arabization and Islamization of the ...