Copts
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Copts are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to Egypt who have inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity. They, like the broader Egyptian population, are descended from the ancient Egypt
Faiyum mummy portrait of an Egyptian man with sword belt, Altes Museum
Coptic icon of St. Mark
The Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo
Egyptian Coptic monks at the American Colony, Jerusalem, between 1898 and 1914
Coptic language
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Coptic is a dormant Afroasiatic language. It is a group of closely related Egyptian dialects, representing the most recent developments of the Egyptian language, and historically spoken by the Egyptia
Copts
…Copts (Coptic: ⲚⲓⲢⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀Ⲭⲣⲏⲥⲧⲓ̀ⲁⲛⲟⲥ, romanized: NiRemenkēmi enKhristianos; Arabic: أقباط, romanized: Aqbāṭ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to Egypt…
Coptic liturgical inscription from Upper Egypt, dated to the fifth or sixth century.
Sandstone stela, inscribed with Coptic text. The names Phoibammon and Abraham appear. From Egypt, unknown finding place. The British Museum, London
Coptic and Arabic inscriptions in an Old Cairo church
Pottery shard inscribed with 5 lines in Coptic Sahidic. Byzantine period, 6th century AD. From Thebes, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London