Marcus Simaika. Samir Simaika
MARCUS SIMAIKA
Father of Coptic Archaeology
Samir Simaika
Nevine Henein
Introduced by
Donald M. Reid
The American University in Cairo Press
Cairo New York
Copyright © 2017 by
The American University in Cairo Press
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ISBN 978 977 416 823 9
eISBN 978 1 61797 801 2
This book is dedicated to the memory of my father,Youssef Marcus Simaika, to whom I owe so much.
—Samir Simaika
CONTENTS
Introduction by Donald M. Reid
Part 2: Service to Government and Nation
The Superior Council of Education
The Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly
6. Simaika and the British Administrators
Field Marshal Lord Kitchener (1911–14)
Sir Reginald Wingate (1917–19)
Part 3: Service to the Coptic Church and Community
The Copts after the Arab Conquests
9. The Awakening of the Coptic Church
11. The Coptic and Ethiopian Dispute over Deir al-Sultan in Jerusalem
Part 4: The Coptic Museum and Heritage Preservation
14. The Committee for the Preservation of Arab Art
17. Searching for Antiquities, Saving Libraries
Appendix: Some Coptic Social Customs
Index
CHRONOLOGY