A landmark in multiple fields in the study of late antiquity, The Red Monastery: Beauty and Asceticism in Upper Egypt documents the surviving church of the Red Monastery near Sohag in Egypt following the conservation of the wall paintings in its triconch apse and adjacent rooms. Elizabeth S. Bolman, the book’s editor, directed the conservation project, which was funded by the United States Agency for International Development through a grant administered by the American Research Center in Egypt. Luigi De Cesaris, Alberto Sucato, and Emiliano Ricchi led the team that conserved the wall paintings, an astonishing collection of polychromatic figural and decorative works that were made in multiple phases beginning in the late fifth century. In this lavishly illustrated book, Bolman and other scholars describe the conservation effort and interpret and contextualize its results. Although interested scholars should try to see the church for themselves, the volume represents the best possible substitute for such a visit. Thanks to the efforts of Bolman and her collaborators, the Red Monastery church contributes transformative new evidence for historians of art and architecture, of Christian monasticism and worship, and of late ancient and early Byzantine Egypt.