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International Colloquium «Balnéorient »: Public Baths in Egypt, Origin, Evolution and Current Practices

  • 1 Dec 2006 - 4 Dec 2006
  • | Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  • | Conference
  • | Open For Public

The meeting is organized within the framework of ACI TTT 2004 “Cultures of Water in the Oriental Mediterranean”, in collaboration with the French Ministry of foreign affairs, the CNRS (French National Center of Scientific Research), the Center of Alexandrian studies (which is part of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina), the French University Lumière-Lyon 2, and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.  

 

This first international colloquium, "Balnéorient", will take place from 1 to 4 December 2006 in Alexandria. It will tackle, in a diachronic way, the question of public baths in Egypt, from ancient installations to the present “hammam”. although not restricted to Alexandria, the colloquium will emphasize the Alexandrian Chôra.

 

This meeting is an introduction to a project of a collective research on public baths in the Oriental Mediterranean. It will work towards the establishment of an index and a corpus of Egyptian buildings (ancient and modern).  

 

 

http://www.balneorient.mom.fr/

   

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Event Schedule

Location Date From: To: Activity Admission
BACC Lecture Hall 1 - 3 December 2006 09:00 20:00 Conference Open For Public
Main Building – Third Floor Floating Room 04 Dec 2006 15:00 18:31 Conference Open For Public
Main Building – Fourth Floor Floating Room 04 Dec 2006 15:00 18:31 Conference Open For Public
Main Building – Gad Rausing Auditorium 04 Dec 2006 15:00 18:31 Conference Open For Public
BACC Lecture Hall 04 Dec 2006 17:00 20:00 Conference Open For Public