Symposium-cum-pilgrimage
The Coptic Symposium scheduled for next month will be hosted in Fayoum at Deir Al-Azab, more popularly known as Deir Anba Abra'am (Monastery of Saint Abra'am). Jill Kamil describes the chosen venue and the cult of the saint

From funerary masks to portraits
The so-called Fayoum portraits, more than 1,000 of them, are the largest body of ancient portable paintings to have survived...

Dig days: A born archeologist
Every day I receive letters from children all over the world who share my passion for archeology...
By Zahi Hawass