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Assessing Mobility Among Inferred Elites Interred in Crypts 1–3 on Kom H at Tungul (Old Dongola), Sudan

open access: yesArchaeometry, Volume 68, Issue 3, Page 409-420, June 2026.
ABSTRACT As the capital of Makuria, Tungul was a major sociopolitical center within medieval Nubia, being the seat of a bishopric and a monastic community. During the excavation of the Kom H monastery, three burial crypts (Crypts 1–3) were uncovered.
Robert J. Stark   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Coptic Church in South Africa: The meeting of mission and migration

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014
Previously identified as an entrenched Egyptian community, Copts have propelled themselves into the greater Africa through two main phenomena: migration and mission.
David A. Ogren
doaj   +1 more source

Orthodox Moral Theology and Shared Metanorms: A Philosophical‐Theological Reading of the Social Ethos Document

open access: yesJournal of Religious Ethics, Volume 54, Issue 2, Page 153-179, June 2026.
ABSTRACT In recent years, Orthodox Christianity has gained increasing visibility in global discussions on social ethics, encompassing issues such as climate change, environmental protection, peace, and human rights. The following paper examines the underlying metaethical framework of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Social Ethos Document, analyzing how it
Alexander Kriebitz, Stefanos Athanasiou
wiley   +1 more source

Categorization of symbolism in religious architecture; a case study of the Coptic Orthodox church architecture

open access: yes, 2020
In the discipline of architectural history and theory, it is of crucial importance to analyze buildings and building styles that came from the past, thus attempting to interpret the meanings projected by the architecture of these heritage buildings ...
Marianne Nabil Guirguis   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hallux Valgus and Associated Foot Pathology in Ancient Egyptian Mummies: A Qualitative and Quantitative Computed Tomography Study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 646-658, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to gain information on the prevalence and manifestation of hallux valgus and associated foot pathology in ancient Egyptian mummies. Additionally, we investigated possible indicators of postmortem deformation of the feet during mummification. For this study, 34 mummies that had undergone whole body computed tomography (
Stephanie Panzer   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Coptic origins of the Yoruba

open access: yesTheologia Viatorum, 2021
The theory according to which the Yoruba ancestors were Coptic Christians seemed unpopular amongst many Yoruba people despite the fact that the theory was proposed by the most revered Yoruba historian, Samuel Johnson.
Agai M. Jock
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural Rights and Social Inclusion: Reflections on the Engagement of Refugee Communities in Egyptian Museums

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, Volume 69, Issue 1, Page 57-79, January 2026.
ABSTRACT In recent decades, Egypt has been a place of refuge for many individuals fleeing political upheaval, including Sudanese, Syrian, Yemeni, Iraqi, and Palestinian communities. The influx of Sudanese refugees since 2023 has further increased the country's refugee population.
Nevine Nizar Zakaria, Heba Alders
wiley   +1 more source

The Geography of Coptic Literature

open access: yes, 2022
Is Coptic literature geographically representable? Is there a clear connection between the places where books have been produced, manufactured, stored, and exchanged and the physical aspects of manuscripts?
P. Buzi
core  

Relative Chaoticity of Natural Languages

open access: yesComplexity, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This paper presents a novel approach to analyzing and grouping natural languages based on the degree of their chaoticity. It clusters 52 languages from 18 language families, according to the value of the entropy–complexity pair, to reveal the chaotic properties of semantic trajectories.
Assel S. Yerbolova   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Icons of contention: The iconography of martyrdom and the construction of Coptic identity in post-revolutionary Egypt:

open access: yesMedia, War & Conflict, 2020
This article explores the changing iconography of martyrdom in Coptic religious icons in recent decades, with particular emphasis on the years that followed the 2011 Tahrir revolution and its role in articulating a more contentious version of Coptic ...
Y. E. Gendi, M. Pinfari
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

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