An ancient Christian monastic complex was recently discovered in Egypt's Sohag Governorate. The finds reveal the details of ...

A 1,600-year-old Byzantine-era mosaic from a Christian monastery was recently put on public display for the first time, giving a glimpse into life during ancient times. The Israeli Ministry of Foreign ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An ancient Christian monastery possibly dating as far back as the years before Islam spread across the Arabian Peninsula has been discovered on an island off the coast of ...

Meeting on a possible forced closure of the world’s oldest continuously active Christian monastery, Greek and Egyptian officials last week stated the monastery and its monks would be protected but ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece -- The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea. Rising from the rugged granite rock, its walls enclose a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man stands at St Catherine's Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula. --/dpa St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SINIYAH ISLAND, United Arab Emirates (AP) — ...