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Thais and Serapion Tomb Unearthed In Antinoe Find
Excavations near Antinoe reveal the tomb of Thais the courtesan and Saint Serapion the hermit, with their mummified remains and artifacts, including a Crux Ansata and a Jericho rose, confirming legend of Thais’s conversion and penance in early Christian Egypt. The discovery highlights a century-old tale linked to the opera Thais and the desert hermit’s influence.
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Alexandria
Les Back
Thais
Egypt
Mary Garden
Serapion
Antinoe
Hadrian
Bepiaeiee
Paphnutius
Celetie
Christ
Confessor
God
Jericho