Bentley Layton, the pre-eminent scholar of his generation of the late ancient Egyptian language, Coptic, died on March 26 at his home in New Haven from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 83.

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

The updated list of unclaimed estates is out for April 2025. Across Northumberland, there are unclaimed estates without anyone who has come forward as being a next of kin for the deceased. The ...

Alan Titchmarsh has shared a light-hearted revelation about his daughters' relief at changing their surname upon marriage due to the fame attached to his own. During a conversation on the Spooning ...

Some commenters thought she was being pretentious, and others called her out over a belief that she had seemingly confused her royal house with the family’s surname. Image Meghan is married to ...

Some viewers, however, have not embraced Meghan’s name change. “Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t their surname Mountbatten-Windsor? Sussex is a title not a surname!” one person shared on X. Another ...

Your name reveals your personality more than even your looks. There are different surnames associated with various families. If you are born into a family that prefers cool and sinister names, your ...

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