Dayr Al-Malak Mikha’il (Jirja)
DAYR AL-MALAK MIKHA’IL (Jirja) This small monastery, today reduced to its church, was situated on the right bank of the Nile near the village called Naj‘ al-Dayr (village of the monastery), facing the town of Jirja on the opposite bank. Since 1910 this site has been celebrated among archaeologists because the discoveries made there have …