Georg-Moritz Ebers (1837-1898) is a famous German Egyptologist and talented novelist. His works (Ebers left readers 17 historical novels: 5 about the European Middle Ages, the rest about Ancient Egypt) combine a scientifically based reproduction of the depicted era and a fascinating plot. The seventh volume of the Collected Works includes two historical novels. The first of them, “Homo sum,” is dedicated to the emergence of the institution of monasticism in the depths of the Christian communities of Egypt and Syria. The second novel, “Serapis,” takes the reader to Alexandria in 391, a city torn apart by fierce confrontation between Christian fanatics and adherents of the old faith. In this struggle, priceless monuments of the ancient history of mankind are being lost.