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“Golden Mummies and Painted Funerary Art” in a Lecture at the BA

The BA Writing and Scripts Center organizes a lecture entitled “Golden Mummies, Painted Faces: Interpreting Greco-Roman Period Funerary Art and Inscriptions”, delivered by Professor Campbell Price, Curator of Egyptian and Sudanese Collections at Manchester Museum (the University of Manchester). The ...

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The BA Organizes “Reading and Analyzing Meroitic Inscriptions” Workshop in Aswan

The BA Writing and Scripts Center, in cooperation with the Nubian Museum in Aswan, organizes a workshop entitled “Reading and Analyzing Meroitic Inscriptions”, from 2-6 February 2019, at the Nubian Museum in Aswan. The workshop aims at training researchers in reading ancient writings and Meroitic ...

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“Letters of Light: The Symbolic Dimensions of Arabic Calligraphy” Exhibition at Sinnari House

Dr. Ahmed Zayed, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, opened the exhibition "Letters of Light: The Symbolic Dimensions of Arabic Calligraphy" by Italian artist Antonella Leoni at Sinnari House in Cairo, as part of a joint collaboration between the Academic Research Sector’s Writing and Scripts ...

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“World Greek Language Day” at the BA

The Bibliotheca Alexandrina, in cooperation with the Consulate General of Greece in Alexandria, is organizing a celebration on the occasion of the “World Greek Language Day” on Monday, 16 February 2026, at 11:00 am, in the Small Theater of the BA Conference Center. The program features a keynote ...

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The BA Organizes the First Arabic Calligraphy Competition for Beheira School Students

As part of its pioneering cultural and educational role, the BA Writing and Scripts Center organized the first Arabic calligraphy competition for students of Beheira Governorate for the year 2025, in cooperation with the Governorate’s Directorate of Education, in a step aimed at discovering student ...

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