Cairo - Restorers at the Monastery of Saint Pishoy in Wadi El-Natroun, Cairo-Alexandria road, discovered a collection of wall paintings and architectural elements on Thursday, July 27. The collection of wall paintings and architectural elements were discovered during removal of the modern layer of mortar off several walls during the restoration carried out by the Ministry of Antiquities since 2015 when flood hit several monasteries in Wadi El-Natroun. They date back between the ninth and thirteenth centuries AD, assistant of the Minister of Antiquities for archaeological sites Dr. Mohamed Abdel Latif said that they would help archaeologists determine the original architectural style of the church and stages of its construction. The architecture of the church was modified before during the Abbasid era in 840 AD and the Fatimid era in 1069 AD, according to historical books and religious documents. The uncovered paintings and architectural elements are frescoes, and depict scenes of saints and angels; below it, Coptic religious inscriptions are drawn, according to a member of the scientific office in the ministry Ahmed El-Nemr.