... they are not, but hermits they are and just about as old and unknown.
The remains of an ancient church and monks' retreats that date back to the early years of monasticism have been discovered in a Coptic Christian monastery in the Red Sea area, antiquity officials said Saturday.
The monastery, which is in the desert west of the Red Sea, was founded by disciples of St. Anthony, a hermit who died in A.D. 356. He is regarded as the father of Christian monasticism as a colony of hermits settled around him and he led them in a community.
Christians account for an estimated 10 percent of Egypt's population and belong mainly to the Coptic Church, an Orthodox church that traces its origins to St. Mark.
Like I said, they're old just like Herman and his Hermies!
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