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'''Renovators in Egypt say they find oldest monk cell'''
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=scienceNews&storyID=2005-08-08T160241Z_01_L08556131_RTRIDST_0_SCIENCE-EGYPT-MONASTERY-DC.XML
''The cell, a building that served as the living quarters for monks, dates from between the fourth and fifth centuries (...) "It is the oldest physical evidence of a cell from that age ... It's the oldest in the Christian world," said Maximous, who works on restoring Coptic monuments. St. Anthony's Monastery (was) founded in the mid-fourth century.''
'''Ancient Church Found Under Egyptian Monastery'''
