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White Monastery Project

The current archaeological work at the White Monastery is overseen by Stephen J. Davis as part of Yale Monastic Archaeology Project South, with Gillian Pyke serving as archaeological director. Initiated by Elizabeth Bolman and an independent consortium of scholars in 2002, administrative responsibility for the site transferred to Yale in 2008.

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White Monastery Church Conservation Project

The fifth-century Church of Anba Shenoute at the White Monastery (Dayr al-Abyad) in Sohag is one of the largest and most important late antique buildings in Egypt. The propose…

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