The Monastery of Epiphanius is a
monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whi ...
near in
Luxor Governorate
Luxor Governorate has been one of Egypt's governorates since 7 December 2009, when former president Hosni Mubarak announced its separation from the Qena Governorate. ,
Egypt
Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...
, near the regional capital
Luxor
Luxor ( ar, الأقصر, al-ʾuqṣur, lit=the palaces) is a modern city in Upper (southern) Egypt which includes the site of the Ancient Egyptian city of ''Thebes''.
Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-a ...
(ancient
Thebes). It was founded by an anchorite named
Epiphanius towards the end of the sixth century.
It was explored by an expedition from the
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...
, 1912–14.
Further reading
*
Herbert E. Winlock &
Walter E. Crum: ''The Monastery of Epiphanus at Thebes.'' Part I: The Literary Material, New York, 1926.
* Walter Ewing Crum & Hugh G. Evelyn White: ''The Monastery of Epiphanus at Thebes.'' Part II: The Archaeological Material, New York, 1926.
* Scott Bucking: "Scribes and Schoolmasters? On contextualizing Coptic and Greek Ostraca excavated at the Monastery of Epiphanius". In: ''Journal of Coptic Studies''; 9 (2007) pp. 21–47.
* Catherine Thirard: ''Le monastère d'Épiphane à Thèbes: nouvelle interprétation chronologique''. In:'' Études coptes''; IX (= Cahiers de la Bibliothèque Copte; 14). De Boccard, Paris, 2006, pp. 367–374.
External linksA detailed excavation report on the Monastery of Epiphanius
Epiphanius, monastery of
Buildings and structures in Luxor Governorate
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