Circumcision was common, although not universal, among ancient Semitic people. Herodotus, writing in the 5th century BCE, lists first of all the Egyptians being the oldest people practicing circumcision, then Colchians, Ethiopians, Phoenicians, and Syrians as circumcising cultures.

When was the first circumcision performed?

Male circumcision is the oldest known human surgical procedure, with historical records and archeological evidence dating the practice back to ancient Egyptians in the 23rd century BCE [1].

Do Egyptian Christians circumcise?

Precisely. And it turns out that all males in the Coptic Orthodox Church community of Egypt are circumcised as well.