The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities.[1] The museum traces the history of Egypt from its beginnings to the present day. It was erected on 8,000 square meter land offered by the Coptic Orthodox Church, under the guardianship of Pope Cyril V.
The Coptic museum houses the world's most important examples of Coptic art.[2]
^Coptic Museum brief history Archived June 3, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
^Lastminute Archived February 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
The CopticMuseum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika...
portraits of saints. The CopticMuseum in Coptic Cairo houses some of the world's most important examples of Coptic art. Coptic art displays a mix of Egyptian...
Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the CopticMuseum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and...
mythology Coptic art Coptic Catholic Church Coptic diaspora Coptic identity Coptic language Coptic literature Copto-Arabic literature CopticMuseumCoptic Orthodox...
items related to Coptic Christianity are on display in many museums around the world and a large number is in the CopticMuseum in Coptic Cairo. Egypt is...
help to the museum. The collections will be taken from other Egyptian museums such as the Egyptian Museum, the CopticMuseum, the Museum of Islamic Art...
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Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲑⲉⲟⲇⲟⲕⲟⲥ ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ ϧⲉⲛ ⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Church of Mother of God Saint Mary in Egyptian...
texts were handed to the CopticMuseum in Cairo, and declared national property. Pahor Labib, the director of the CopticMuseum at that time, was keen to...
The Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Barbara (Coptic: ϯⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛⲧⲉ ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ ⲃⲁⲣⲃⲁⲣⲁ or Sitt Barbara) (Arabic: كنيسة بربارة, romanized: Kanīsat Barbāra) is...
the Colloquium and the Association was Pahor Labib, director of the CopticMuseum in Cairo during 1951-65. The words 'Coptology' and 'Coptologist' were...
Coptic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Coptic letters. Coptic (Bohairic Coptic:...
article contains Coptic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Coptic letters. The following...
narrative about the foundation of the CopticMuseum: Samir Mahfouz Simaika: Marcus Pasha Simaika. Founder of the CopticMuseum. His life and times, Farid Atiya...
include the founding of the CopticMuseum in 1910 and the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies in 1954. Some prominent Coptic thinkers from this period are...
or early 8th century. The area also contains the CopticMuseum, which showcases the history of Coptic art from Greco-Roman to Islamic times, and the Ben...
the Nile. Within the fortress's former enclosure are the present-day CopticMuseum, a convent, and several churches, including the Church of St. George...
include the founding of the CopticMuseum in 1910 and the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies in 1954. Some prominent Coptic thinkers from this period are...
(Arabic: مرقص سميكة باشا; Coptic: ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ ⲥⲓⲙⲁⲓⲕⲁ ⲡⲁϣⲁ) (1864–1944) was an Egyptian leader, politician, and founder of the CopticMuseum in Cairo. Simaika was...
Coptic architecture is the architecture of the Coptic Christians, who form the majority of Christians in Egypt. Coptic churches range from great cathedrals...
Non-illuminated psalters written in Coptic include some of the earliest surviving codices (bound books) altogether; the earliest Coptic psalter predates the earliest...
Pahor Labib Director of the CopticMuseum in Old Cairo (1951–1965). Coptology Coptic iconography Coptic Orthodox Church Coptic saints AlAhram weekly article...
Labib (Coptic: Ⲡⲁϩⲱⲣ Ⲗⲁⲡⲓⲡ; Arabic: باهور لبيب Bahur Labib; 19 September 1905 at Ain Shams, Cairo – 7 May 1994) was Director of the CopticMuseum, Cairo...
art Coptic art CopticMuseum Pitsa panels Malibu Painter Berman, Lawrence; Freed, Rita E.; and Doxey, Denise. Arts of Ancient Egypt. p. 193. Museum of...
Old Coptic is the earliest stage of Coptic writing, a form of late Egyptian written in Coptic script, a variant of the Greek alphabet. It "is an analytical...
its cosmopolitan capital but also at its frontiers. They include Syriac, Coptic, Slavonic, Armenian, Georgian, Illyrian, Thracian, and Celtic who typically...
general Marcus Simaika Pasha, was an Egyptian Coptic leader, politician, and founder of the CopticMuseum in Cairo Mehmet Esat Bülkat Mehmed Pasha Sokolović...
accents. The scrolls are today kept in the CopticMuseum, while the burial clothes are in the British Museum. Jakobielski 1972, p. 168. Dzierżykray-Rogalski...
article contains Coptic text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Coptic letters. The Egyptian...
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