Scetic desert(57 words)
[German version]
Region beyond the western edge of the Egyptian delta, esp. in the area which today is referred to as Wādī n-Naṭrūn. Christian monks retreated there beginning in the 4th cent. AD, four monasteries are still occupied today.
von Lieven, Alexandra (Berlin)
Bibliography
A. Cody, in: A. S. Atiya (ed.), The Coptic Encyclopedia, vol. 7, 1991, 2102-2106.
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von Lieven, Alexandra (Berlin),
“Scetic desert”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 03 July 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1114850>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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