Grounds mythologized stories of Desert Ascetics with insights into lived monasticism and monastic archaeology in Egypt.

Brooks Hedstrom Darlene L. :

Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom is the Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Associate Professor of Christian Studies at Brandeis University. She worked at the Monastery of John the Little in Wadi Natrun, Egypt, as the Chief Archaeologist and is currently the Senior Archaeological Consultant for the Yale Monastic Archaeology Project.