Monastery of Qasr Ain Mustafa Kashif

0.75mi/1km north of the cemetery of El-Bagawat is the Monastery of Qasr Ain Mustafa Kashif, a well preserved brick structure originally built in the fourth or fifth C. over the tomb of a hermit, rebuilt in the seventh C. and abandoned about the 10th C. The entrance, on the north side, is protected by a high square tower. On the west side are the vaulted cells of the monks, in several stories; on the east side the refectory, the assembly hall and the chapel. Just north of the complex of buildings originally very extensive, can be seen traces of the gardens laid out round the well, which is now dry.