Coptic Christians

After the End of Ancient Egypt

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Lecturer: Dr Bill Manley
Date: Monday 24 June, 2024
Duration: 1 hour
Start Time: 7.30pm AEST | 7.00pm SA | 5.30pm WA | 9.30pm NZST
Price: $25 AUD

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Overview

Thousands of years of the pharaohs in Egypt came to an abrupt end when Egypt was conquered by Roman forces in 30 BCE, and became a province of the newly formed Roman Empire in 27 BCE.

Still, that was not the end of the story. How Egyptians formed a nation again, restoring their own language and traditional values, is a fascinating tale that is intertwined with the emergence of the world’s first major Christian population and the birth of medieval monasticism.

Join Egyptologist Dr Bill Manley for a less known journey through the history of Egypt that takes in the iconic temples of Luxor, the magnificent White Monastery at Sohag, the ages-old martyrs’ churches of the Nile Delta, and even the south of France.

 

Your Expert lecturer

Dr Bill Manley is a bestselling author, who taught the Ancient Egyptian language for more than thirty years at the Universities of London, Glasgow and Liverpool, and was Senior Curator for Ancient Egypt at National Museums Scotland. He is now Co-director of Complutense Egyptology (based in Madrid) and Honorary President of Egyptology Scotland, currently working with the survey of a pristine archaeological site beside the Valley of the Kings in Luxor, Egypt. Bill’s books about ancient history and texts have been translated into more than twenty languages. His latest book, The Oldest Book in the World.Philosophy in the Age of the Pyramids, published by Thames & Hudson in 2023, earned a five-star review from the Wall Street Journal and quickly reached #1 in the Amazon chart for Ancient History and Classics.

 

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