Dr. Gawdat Gabra (born 1947) (, Coptic: Ⲅⲁⲩⲇⲁⲧ Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲁ) is a

Coptologist Coptology is the scientific study of the Copts, Coptic people. Origin The European interest in Coptology may have started as early as the 15th century AD. The term was used in 1976 when the First International Congress of Coptology was held in ...

; he finished his bachelor's degree in Egyptian Antiquities –

Cairo University Cairo University () is Egypt's premier public university. Its main campus is in Giza, immediately across the Nile from Cairo. It was founded on 21 December 1908;"Brief history and development of Cairo University." Cairo University Faculty of En ...

1967 and PhD in Coptic Antiquities

University of Münster The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany. With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...

– Germany 1978. He studied in the Institute of Egyptology of the

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, too. He is the former director of the

Coptic Museum The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities. The museum traces the history of Egypt from its b ...

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(1985) and currently a visiting professor in Coptic Studies at

Claremont Graduate University The Claremont Graduate University (CGU) is a private, all-graduate research university in Claremont, California, United States. Founded in 1925, CGU is a member of the Claremont Colleges consortium which includes five undergraduate and two grad ...

. He is the author or the co-author, among other titles, of: *''Christianity and

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Akhmim Akhmim (, ; Akhmimic , ; Sahidic/Bohairic ) is a city in the Sohag Governorate of Upper Egypt. Referred to by the ancient Greeks as Khemmis or Chemmis () and Panopolis (), it is located on the east bank of the Nile, to the northeast of Sohag. ...

and

Sohag Sohag (, , ), also spelled as Suhag or Suhaj, is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. It has been the capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the governorate was Girga Governorate. I ...

'' (Gabra and Takla 2008) *''The Churches of Egypt: From the Journey of the

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to the Present Day'' (Gabra, Van Loon, and Sonbol 2007) *''The Treasures of

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in the Coptic Museum and Churches of

Old Cairo Old Cairo (, Egyptian pronunciation: Maṣr El-ʾAdīma) is a historic area in Cairo, Egypt, which includes the site of a Babylon Fortress, Roman-era fortress, the Christian settlement of Coptic Cairo, and the Muslim-era settlement of Fustat that ...

'' (Alcock and Gabra 2007) *''Coptic Monasteries: Egypt's Monastic Art and Architecture'' (Gabra and Vivian 2002) *''Christian Egypt:

and Monuments Through Two Millennia'' (Capuani, Meinardus, Rutschowscaya and Gabra 2002) *''Icons of the Nile Valley'' (main author

Zuzana Skálová Zuzana Skálová (born 30 March 1945 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech historian of medieval art, restorer and teacher of restoring of Coptic icons, who was settled and active from 1989 till 1996 in Egypt. She restored and taught restoring of ...

. (Egyptian International Publishing Company – Longman, 1st Edition 2003, 2nd Edition 2006; *''Be Thou There: The Holy Family's Journey in

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'' (Gabra 2001) Gabra also contributed the following articles to the

Coptic Encyclopedia The ''Coptic Encyclopedia'' is an eight-volume work covering the history, theology, language, art, architecture, archeology and hagiography of Coptic Egypt. The encyclopedia was written by over 250 Western and Egyptian contributing experts in th ...

: *"Saint Pisentius" (co-authored with C. Detlef G. Muller) *"Nabis" *"Patape" (co-authored with Rene-Georges Coquin) *"Hajir Idfu"

External links

Dr. Gabra's page on the Coptic Museum siteDr. Gabra articles in the Coptic Encyclopedia

Books by Gawdat Gabra
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gabra, Gawdat 21st-century Egyptian historians Coptologists Claremont Graduate University faculty University of Münster alumni 1947 births Living people 20th-century Egyptian historians

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