Société d'Archéologie Copte (sold)
The Société d'Archéologie Copte (1934 - Present) is an archaeological society founded in Cairo, Egypt. Originally founded as the Association des Amis des Église et de l'Art Coptes, the name was changed to the Société d'Archéologie Copte in 1937. The Society was founded as a center for research and publication related to the Coptic era. The Society also helped found the International Association for Coptic Studies in 1975. It is an entirely independent scientific institution and is not affiliated with any church body. It began publishing the Bulletin de la Société d'Archéologie Copte in 1936, making it the oldest and first periodical dedicated to Coptology.
Reaffirming Coptic identity in an era of rising pan-Arabism.
Carte de l'Égypte Chrétienne Evêchés et Couvents.
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This is a 1951 first edition Société d'Archéologie Copte pictorial map of Christian Egypt. This map can be seen in the context of a growing need to assert Coptic identity in the wake of rising Islamist power and pan-Arab nationalism. (more details)