Red Monastery (Deir Anba Bishoy)
A late-antique church near Sohag whose sanctuary is painted from floor to dome — one of the great surviving ensembles of early Christian art.
Sohag
White Monastery (Deir Anba Shenouda)
The monastery of Shenoute, the great Coptic abbot — a fifth-century basilica built like a pharaonic temple from ancient blocks.
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