Gawdat Gabra
Dr. Gawdat Gabra is a Coptologist; he finished his bachelor's degree in Egyptian Antiquities – Cairo University 1967 and PhD in Coptic Antiquities University of Münster – Germany 1978. He studied in the Institute of Egyptology of the Charles University in Prague, too.
He is the former director of the Coptic Museum in Cairo and currently a visiting professor in Coptic Studies at Claremont Graduate University.
He is the author or the co-author, among other titles, of:
- Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt: Akhmim and Sohag
- The Churches of Egypt: From the Journey of the Holy Family to the Present Day
- The Treasures of Coptic Art in the Coptic Museum and Churches of Old Cairo
- Coptic Monasteries: Egypt's Monastic Art and Architecture
- Christian Egypt: Coptic Art and Monuments Through Two Millennia
- Icons of the Nile Valley
- "Saint Pisentius"
- "Nabis"
- "Patape"
- "Hajir Idfu"