Buwit

Buwit lies near the west bank of the Nile in Middle Egypt, beside the ruins of the monastery of Apa Apollo. Founded by the monk Apollo in the late fourth century, the community grew into a complex of churches, chapels and dwellings. Paintings and carved decoration adorned its buildings, while pilgrims left inscriptions on their walls. Texts written in Coptic, Greek and Arabic show that the monastery remained active from Byzantine times into the Islamic period.