An Egyptian Christmas Carol
Dec 12, 2018
*GUEST POST by Ágnes T. Mihálykó (see her bio here) What did late antique Egyptians sing about at Christmas? Angels, shepherds, and the Virgin Mary, of course. Angels have the main role in what appears to be the earliest manuscript of a Christmas carol, preserved in Greek on a papyrus from the city of Hermopolis … More An Egyptian Christmas Carol