Discovered in 1945 near the town of Nag Hammadi in Egypt, the Nag Hammadi Library is a collection of ancient texts that has profoundly influenced our understanding of early Christianity and Gnostic ...

The actors who turned down roles in successful movies The original texts are presently housed in the Coptic Museum in Cairo under the identification NHC (Nag Hammadi Codices). The term "gnostic ...

The exhibition includes many painted icons by renowned artists, beautiful textiles, illuminated manuscripts, an excerpt from the famous Nag Hammadi ... from the Coptic Museum’s storage and ...

What Muhammad 'Alí discovered at Nag Hammadi, it soon became clear, were Coptic translations, made about 1,500 years ago, of still more ancient manuscripts. The originals themselves had been ...

SEVEN HILLS, Ohio -- A special service will be held tomorrow at St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Cleveland in honor for the "Coptic Martyrs of Nag Hammadi." On Jan. 6, a Muslim gunman opened ...

Their deaths have sparked the protest of thousands of Christian Copts outside the government building at Nag Hammadi, demanding protection for the Coptic community, the victim of racketeering and ...

A page from the Coptic translation of the First Apocalypse of James from the Coptic Museum in Cairo, Egypt. Digitized by Claremont College. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Bishop Kirollos of the Nag Hammadi Diocese told The Associated Press that six male churchgoers and one security guard were killed. He said he was concerned about violence on the eve of Coptic ...

However, Brown’s western-centric beef with the Catholic Church ends up ignoring the continuous indigenous history of Coptic Christianity in Nag Hammadi present since Mark the Apostle’s arrival in ...

Bishop Kyrillos, the Coptic Orthodox bishop of Nag Hammadi, received last week several threats of attacks to be carried out on churches in Nag Hammadi, either on New Year’s Eve or Christmas Eve on ...