Defensive arrangements in Coptic architecture

Roman persecution to Copts started as early as the first century. Even after Christianity had become official religion in Egypt, as they refused to espouse the Emperor’s sect. Another critical relation was arising in Eastern and Western Deserts between the monks and the Bedouins, who started to regu...

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Main Author: Nelly Shafik Ramzy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-09-01
Series:Alexandria Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110016811000469