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Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies Cordially invites you to attend a lecture entitled:

“The Decoration of the Temple of Repit in Athribis in Upper Egypt”

By: Professor Christian Leitz, Director of the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IANES), 
University of Tübingen, Germany

Tuesday, 4 October 2016; 4:00‒6:00 pm

Bibliotheca Alexandrina Main Entrance, Auditorium.

Lecture: Open to the Public, The lecture will be in English

The aim of the Archaeo Delta project is to document archaeological excavations and sites in the Egyptian delta in a brand new context. It will be a combination and mixture of archaeology and landscape. Archaeology and the current landscape is by nature linked together. One of the major aims with the Archaeo Delta Art Project is to document archaeological sites in the Alexandria’s hinterland and the Egyptian western delta. The delta has many new sites which has never been proper documented. Other sites in Egypt will also be incorporated in the project!

This lecture is presenting the recent discoveries of the German Archaeological mission working in middle Egypt at the Ptolemaic temple of Athribi. The lecture will focus on the archaeological and topographical aspects of the work beside the new di...scovered inscriptions on the walls of the temple. Marcus Muller, the field director of the mission will be presenting the work on behave of the team of Tübingen University.

The Lecture deals with the excavations of the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo and its cooperation partner, the Swiss Institute for Architecture and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt, on Elephantine Island in Aswan took place since1969. The investigations of the afore mentioned institutes, since gaining concession from the Supreme Council of Antiquities, concentrated mainly on the development of the architectural ground plans of the settlement as well as the study of the temples of Khnum and Satet.

The workshop deals with the different aspects of Alexandria's Hinterland: Archaeology, history and topography of the Hellenistic Roman sites in Beheira. Three papers will discuss the recent works of the Italian mission in Beheira, while other speakers discuss the different discoveries in major sites and the relationship between Beheira and Alexandria in antiquity.

Kindly note that the Fall Semester 2012 will start in September 2012.  Please start registering now on the following website:www.bibalex.org/hellenisticstudies .

Deadline to register for this Semester is on 30th of August 2012.

Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies Cordially invites you to attend a lecture entitled:

“The western Delta as a Powerhouse of Ancient Egypt "

By Dr. Penny Wilson, lecturer in the Department of Archaeology, Durham University, UK.

Thursday 18 December 2014; 4:00 pm , Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Entrance, Auditorium Hall.

The Center  organizes  a lecture entitled “Reviving Ancient Karanis Town in 3D Virtual World ",  by Dr. Eiman Elgewely, lecturer of Interior Architecture in the Faculty of Fine Arts at Alexandria University.

The lecture  will be held on Wednesday 26 November 2014 at the Auditorium Hall, Main Entrance, Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It will start at 4:00 PM and is opened for public.

Dear All,

It would be our pleasure to invite you to our first Masters Viva in the Alexandria Centre for Hellenistic Studies entitled.

The workshop will be hosted by Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies on the 26^th of June 2014. Archaeologists and Historians working for the Italian Mission in the Western Delta will be presenting their recent discoveries during  the third season.

 During the workshop speakers will have direct contact with students of the center and the public in general explaining new technologies used on both sites.