It boils down to a question of probability. There may have been Christians in Egypt twenty years after the crucifixion, but relative to the larger population, precious few. The best estimates put the Christian population of Egypt in 100 CE at around one one-hundredth of a percent of the total population. If the surviving material remains are even remotely proportional to the population distribution, the chances of any Christian artifacts from 100 CE being unearthed in Egypt are slim; from 50 CE, much, much slimmer.
Best regards, -Stephen Stephen M. Bay Assistant Professor, Classics Brigham Young University (801) 422-1696 On Sep 20, 2008, at 7:30 PM, John Lupia wrote:
Mr. Kilmon The evidence you seek is now 1.5 billion population of Roman Catholics globally, whose scriptures you read called the New Testament with Luke written in AD 37, addressed to Theophilus, the High Priest in Jerusalem 37-41. John N. Lupia III New Jersey, USA; Beirut, Lebanon http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Roman-Catholic-News/ God Bless Everyone
