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Ancient Egyptian royal sculpture either statues or reliefs on the walls-temples or the tablets provides valuable information about the native art, its development and its influence on the Ptolemaic royal portraits. It enables a complete understanding of artistic features of the Pharaonic period and Ptolemaic era indicating the Egyptian and Greek characteristics in the royal portraits.

This  lecture is  focusing on the royal sculpture either in three dimensions namely statuary or in two dimensions labeled pictorial reliefs on the walls-Egyptian temples and the Egyptian stelae during the Pharaonic Period as it was this artistic base used later by the royal workshops throughout the Greco-Roman era.

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies cordially invites you to attend a lecture:

“The appropriation of Egypt in the Roman domestic contexts of Pompeii"

The lecture will be given by Ms. Eval  Mol (PHD Researcher, University of Leiden) on Monday 24 June 2013 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM at the Conference Center, Room C, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies held a lecture

“We came into the world like brother and brother: The Case of Ancient Mendes and Thmuis”

 The lecture will be given by Dr. Katherine Blouin (University of Toronto) on Tuesday 11^th June 2013 from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM at the main library, Third floating room, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

The ACHS cordially invites you to attend a workshop entitled "Tell Timai Archaeological Day". The Workshop will be on Thursday 20 December 2012 from 2:00pm till 6:00 pm at the Auditorium Hall.

The event is open to the public.

Please note that the lecture will be given in English.

The ACHS cordially invites you to attend a lecture entitled " Genesis of the Roman Province Aegyptus" by Prof. Gunther Holbl (Vienna University) on Thursday, 29th November 2012. The lecture will start  at 17:00 in Room C, conference center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina.

The lecture is open to the public.

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies cordially invites you to attend a lecture “Ancient Alexandria reflected through Roman Eyes”. The lecture will be given by Dr. Jouana Climaco on Monday 12 November 2012 from 2:00pm till 4:00 pm at the Auditorium Hall.

The Alexandria center for Hellenistic Studies cordially invites you to attend the lecture:

"Gurob: A New Kingdom Royal Town in Fayoum". The lecture will be given by Valentina Gasperini, from University of Bologna, Italy.

As a part of the Methodology and Research Skills course, a field trip was organized and guided by Professor Gunther Holbl and Dr. Mohamed Kenawi to visit the two archaeological sites of Mendes and Thmuis. 

The students gave a short presentation on the history of the sites while looking at the ruins of the ancient towns.

Prof. Günther Hölbl

(Professor of Egyptology at University of Vienna, Austria) will commence his MA classes at the ACHS in October 2011. Professor Hölbl  will be teaching courses on Ptolemaic history and archeology.

ACHS will grant 2 full scholarships to foreign students with outstanding academic records for the year 2011/2012. Scholarships are kindly offered by the Alexander S. Onassis Foundation and the Vardinoyannis Foundation.

Deadline for application is 1 April, 2011

For more information you can contact us as hellenistic.studies@bibalex.org