The Coptic Museum

About the Site

The Coptic Museum, founded in 1910 inside the walls of the Babylon Fortress, holds the world's largest collection of Coptic Christian art.

Its galleries show stone carvings, icons, textiles, manuscripts (including some of the Nag Hammadi codices) and woodwork, tracing Egypt's history from the late Roman era to the Islamic period.

Visiting tips

Visit with the Hanging Church and the other churches of Coptic Cairo nearby.

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