Environmental activists are organizing a peaceful demonstration on 2 November to halt construction of a 7km-long monastery wall that threatens a protected area. Wadi el-Rayan — a valley and natural ...

Utrecht-based architecture studio Richèl Lubbers Architecten has added an angular extension to a residence that sits on the site of an old monastery. Located in a leafy neighborhood of the city, the ...

Restorers working at the Monastery of St. Bishoy in the Wadi El-Natroun area have uncovered a number of medieval-era wall-paintings and architectural elements in the monastery's old church. “While ...

Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church has denounced the army's removal of a wall enclosing a desert monastery, which accused the army of "excessive violence" that injured six staff. The army removed the wall ...

A Chinese monastery has destroyed a series of priceless ancient wall frescos, by painting over them what look like scenes from a Disney cartoon. The original Buddhist artworks at the Yunjie Temple in ...