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“A Sailor in the Museum” Workshop

The Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies, affiliated to the BA Academic Sector, organized a workshop entitled “A Sailor in the Museum”, in cooperation with the Alexandria Center for Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage (Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University), and the ...

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A Donation from Bangladesh to the BA

The Embassy of the People's Republic of Bangladesh in Cairo donated a collection of rare photos to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Sadat Museum, which reflects the Cairo-Dhaka relations during the rule of President Mohammed Anwar Al-Sadat and Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujib Rahman. The photos ...

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“The City of Fuwwah and its Archaeological and Cultural Heritage” in a Seminar at the BA

The BA Antiquities Museum, in cooperation with the BA Center for Islamic Civilization Studies, organizes a seminar for antiquities students and professionals as well as those interested in archaeological heritage. The seminar comes as part of the 5 th cultural forum, which will be held on 19 ...

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Head of the European Union Delegation in a Visit to the BA

Dr. Moustafa Elfeki, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, welcomed today Ambassador Christian Berger, Head of the European Union Delegation to Egypt, and his wife Mrs. Marilena Berger. Dr. Elfeki exchanged views with Ambassador Berger on several cultural issues, highlighting the fact that the ...

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The BA Receives the Dictionary of the ‘Ancient Egyptian Language’ from the Family of the Late Ahmed Pasha Kamal

On 29 September 2020, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina received a donation from Engineer Abdel Hamid Kamal Zakaria, the grandson of the late Ahmed Pasha Kamal, Founder of the Egyptian National School for Egyptology. Ahmed Pasha Kamal was the first Egyptian to compile a huge dictionary for the Ancient ...

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