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Ágnes Mihálykó What did late antique Egyptians sing about at Christmas? Shepherds, the star, and the Virgin Mary, of course. Shepherds worship the newborn Jesus on what appears to be the earliest manuscript of a Christmas carol, preserved in Greek on a papyrus from the area of Heracleopolis (near modern Beni Suef) in Middle Egypt,Continue reading “Another Egyptian Christmas Carol”