Coptic settlements

town, monastery complex and Christian pilgrimage center in Late Antique Egypt. WHS#90

desert valley near the Egyptian Nile delta

archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Faiyum

village in Minya Governorate, Egypt

District of Greater Cairo, Egypt

part of Old Cairo which encompasses Coptic churches and historical sites

human settlement in Egypt

thumbnail|260px|Kellia. Kellia ("the Cells"), referred to as "the innermost desert", was a 4th-century Egyptian Christian monastic community spread out over many square kilometers in the Nitrian Desert about south of Alexandria. It was one of three centers of monastic activity in the region, along with Nitria and Scetis (Wadi El Natrun). It is called al-Muna in Arabic and was inhabited until the 9th century. Only archaeological sites remain there today.

archaeological site in the Egyptian depression of el-Kharga

Tabenna is a Christian community founded in Upper Egypt around 320 by Saint Pachomius. It was the motherhouse of a federation of monasteries known as the Koinonia. At the time of Pachomius's death in 346, there were nine establishments for men and two for women, along with two or three thousand "Tabennesites". It is considered the first major model of cenobitic monasticism in early Christianity.