A recent study by researchers Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka and Dr. Daria Elagina re-examined and translated a rare first-hand account of a 16th-century Ethiopian monk visiting old Dongola, Sudan. The work ...

JERUSALEM — Two rival monks are posted at all times in a rooftop courtyard at the site of what is believed to be Jesus' crucifixion: a bearded Copt in a black robe and an Ethiopian sunning himself on ...