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Guided Tours During the Month of Ramadan

The BA Visits and Conferences Department offers Guided Tours in Ramadan. A tour is scheduled every 15 minutes in 5 different languages: English, Arabic, French, Spanish and German, from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. Culturama shows are also presented from 12:00 noon to 2:00 pm. Developed by the BA ...

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Training for Library and Information Science Students

The BA Information Services Department offered a practical training on librarianship for the students of the Library and Information Science Department, Faculty of Arts, Alexandria University. From 8 to 19 July 2012, a group of 20 students had an internship at the BA, during which they were trained ...

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Documenting the Life and Works of Gamal Hemdan

Within its efforts to document the works of eminent Egyptian personalities, the BA has recently received a valuable donation from General Abd El-Azeem Hemdan, brother of Dr. Gamal Hemdan, the renowned Arab Geographer, which includes the works of Gamal Hemdan, unpublished documents and manuscripts ...

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The Eleventh International Congress of Egyptologists

The BA will host the Eleventh International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE) from 13 to 20 September 2013. The Congress will be organized by the BA Calligraphy Center under the auspices of the International Association of Egyptologists and the Ministry of State for Antiquities, Egypt. ICE is open ...

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WIPO Hosts CULTURAMA

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) hosts at its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the Cultural Panorama( CULTURAMA) projection until 20 July 2012. Developed by the BA Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT), CULTURAMA reflects the diversity and ...

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