Sponsors

 

  European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (IEASM)

Since 1992, the European Institute for Underwater Archaeology (Institut Européen d’Archéologie Sous-Marine—IEASM), in cooperation with the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, has been undertaking fieldwork in the now submerged Eastern Harbor of Alexandria and cities of the Canopic coast of Egypt’s North–West Delta. Through in-depth survey and targeted stratigraphic excavation, accompanied by a robust program of scientific dating, the project has steadily revealed the full complexity of ancient ports, temples and urban structures of the Great Harbor of Alexandria, of the City of Canopus and the Port-City of Thonis–Heracleion; thus revealing an impressing in situ underwater cultural heritage.

 

 Centre d’Études Alexandrines

In 1990, CEAlex (USR 3134 of CNRS) was founded by Jean-Yves Empereur with the support of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology (IFAO), and the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). Marie-Dominique Nenna was nominated as Director of CEAlex by the president of CNRS on 1 July 2015. The aim of this Center is to study Alexandria throughout the ages, especially Alexandria in Antiquity, whether underground or underwater.

The Center made several salvage excavations in Alexandria, both on land and underwater. More than 20 excavations were conducted, covering a variety of contexts: domestic, institutional, religious, and funerary. Underwater excavations are taking place on the site of the Pharos of Alexandria, at foot of the Citadel of Qaitbay, and on shipwrecks lying a little farther out to sea. At the beginning of the 2000s, the CEAlex also turned towards the Alexandrian hinterland with a systematic archaeological and paleo-environmental survey to the south of Lake Mariout and the excavation of four sites (Marea peninsula, Akademia farm villa, the Quarry Kom site, and Kom Bahig, which opened in Spring 2016).

In 2015, CEAlex celebrated its 25th anniversary, and its massive work has changed a lot in the study of the topography, archaeology and history of Alexandria.

 

 Arab Acdemy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport

The Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport is a university that specializes in maritime transport and is operated by the Arab League, which runs programs on marine transportation, business, and engineering. The Academy’s Higher Council for Maritime Affairs was established in 2013 within the organizational structure of the Academy. It is headed by Professor Ismael Abdel Ghafar, the Academy’s President. The Higher Council for Maritime Affairs is primarily concerned with setting the strategies and mechanics necessary for the implementation, supervision, and follow-up of the general policies concerned with Maritime Affairs on the internal, local and international levels. It also aims to achieve integration between the activities of the College of Maritime Transport and Technology and the institutes that specialize in maritime affairs. It also aims to prepare the infrastructure necessary for supporting the Maritime Education and Training Sector.

 

 International Council of Museums (ICOM) Egypt

The Egyptian national committee of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), works with the local, regional and global museum community in order to advocate museum standards of excellence and museum ethics. ICOM Egypt aims are to promote Egyptian tangible and intangible heritage, provide a useful channel for current Egyptian members of ICOM and ICOM Egypt to contact and share news and updates, and contribute to the international agenda of museums work. Furthermore, ICOM Egypt works in partnership with regional and international organizations, including UNESCO, ICCROM, ICOMOS and IIC, dedicated to raise awareness of museology, and other international issues, such as combating illicit trade and protection of tangible and intangible heritage.

 

 Special Projects Department

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina Special Projects Department is considered one of the important elements of the Library for the important documentary and cultural projects launched by the Department and its several achievements in terms of documentation, digital archiving, activities, cultural relations, future studies, and publishing. The Department works on conducting several historical, political, and cultural projects, abiding by the Library’s mission to be the world’s window on Egypt and a pioneer of the digital age.

A general policy was established since the beginning of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Special Projects Department, as the title “Special Projects” expresses a distinctive intellectual production, in order to conduct a comprehensive cultural project, to support the Arabic library to benefit Arab readers, and to lead them to a better future. The Department launched several cultural and digital documentation projects, such as Memory of Modern Egypt (MoME) project, Memory of the Arab World project, digital archives of Egyptian presidents: Mohamed Naguib, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Mohamed Anwar Al‑Sadat, and Adly Mansour, developing the digital archive of the Memory of Suez Canal project, the program of intellectual confrontation of extremism and terrorism. The Department also published books; souvenirs; documentary, political and cultural catalogues produced from the previously-mentioned projects. In addition, it was keen to publish books consolidate the concepts of belonging, and Egyptian and Arab identity, and to promote the value of Arab culture and Islamic civilization, in addition to books which foresee Egypt’s future and the Arab World. Furthermore, it organizes several events, conferences, lectures, workshops, exhibits, and cultural ceremonies related to the projects launched by the Department.