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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. 

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 Roman era.

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.