Christian Religious Themes Executed on Wood Applied to the Churches of the Holy Family Route Sites in Egypt.

Egypt was not rich in good wood from the beginning of its history, as its local wood was not suitable for cutting long boards from it, but despite that, it excelled in presenting wonderful wooden works, the most important of which are home furniture (cabinets - stands - boxes - seats - coffins - beds - cabinets - tables) in addition to containers for preserving food and offerings - pots - antiques - torches - arrows, sticks and bows. The Copts excelled after the ancient Egyptians in using wood in designing wonderful works of art, as it has been considered a precious material since ancient times, but at the same time it was rare and was imported from Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Africa. It presented very good wooden works of art, especially in the Fatimid era. The Copts used foreign types of wood from local woods such as palm - jujube - sycamore and acacia. The use of acacia spread between the third and seventh centuries AD. And foreign ones such as walnut and oak which they imported from Europe and West Asia - cedar from the Levant - ebony from South Sudan and Ethiopia and teak from India. There are several wonderful wooden artistic models in the points of the Holy Family’s route that will be displayed later during this study, in which the researcher will specifically mention religious topics that vary between the birth of Christ, Christ’s entry into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, and others.