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"Draw and Research" Competition 2025 at the BA

The BA Antiquities Museum is organizing a competition entitled “Draw and Research” for participants in the museum education activity, aged 13 to 19. The Museum is presenting this annual competition for the ninth consecutive year, as it gives special importance to museum education activity in order ...

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The BA Displays a Rare Stele of King Ptolemy X

For the first time since the inauguration of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) in 2002, the BA Antiquities Museum, affiliated to the Cultural Outreach Sector, will display a rare stela depicting King Ptolemy X worshiping the god Sobek. This comes in the light of the joint and fruitful cooperation ...

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“Tales of Pots Strainers” in a Workshop at the BA

The BA Antiquities Museum organizes a workshop entitled “Tales of Pots Strainers” on Monday and Tuesday, 5 – 6 August 2024, at 10:00 am, in the Afterlife Hall, BA Main Building. The first day will begin with an introductory lecture on Islamic art and ceramics by Ms. Eman Mekawy, a visual artist, ...

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Cultural Forum: “An Overview of the Cultural and Archaeological Heritage of Sohag”

The BA Antiquities Museum is organizing its seventh cultural forum “Our Cultural Heritage: A Vision to the Future”, under the title “An Overview of the Cultural and Archaeological Heritage of Sohag”, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 5 – 6 March 2024, at 10:00 am, in the Auditorium Hall (BA Main Entrance) ...

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A Storytelling Workshop at the BA

Under the auspices of the Egyptian National Committee for Education, Science, and Culture "UNESCO - ALECSO - ISESCO", and in partnership with ALECSO Chair, the BA Antiquities Museum organized on Sunday, 18 February 2024, a storytelling workshop presented by the poet and children's writer Mr. Abdo ...

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