Zahi Hawass reviews the route taken by the Holy Family in Egypt after they fled the persecution of king Herod in the early years of the first century CE Before I explain the ancient journey of the ...

Recently, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism & Antiquity has launched the Holy Family Trail, stringing together some 25 stops along the celebrated route of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The approach to Egypt's ...

2:17)—the salvation of one of Israel’s oldest enemies alongside the holy family. God moves to Egypt to “say to those called ‘Not my people,’ ‘You are my people.’” And just as he ...

that the Holy Family stayed in Egypt for about four years, according to tradition, and that in their journey there and back “they traveled more than 2,000 kilometers.” “Although the route ...

Kom Maria is one of the stops identified on the Holy Family’s itinerary while they sought refuge in Egyptian lands from the oppression of Herod, the Roman ruler in Palestine. The Coptic Orthodox ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism, in cooperation with the General Authority for Investment and Free zones (GAFI), is planning to offer investment opportunities in the Holy Family Path renovation project ...

My ancestors chose this burial place in order to be near Imam al-Shafi’i, a ninth-century holy man who rests ... in the history of my family and of Egypt. With access to the national archives ...