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Alexandria and the Mediterranean in History and Memory

Alexandria, 12 December 2004- Today is the opening session of the international Entre Histoire Et Memoire, Alexandrie Et La Mediterranee conference, hosted by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), 12–13 December 2004. The conference is jointly organized by the Alex Med Center and several other ...

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“Echoes of the Deep: Historical Shipwrecks of the Red Sea” Exhibition at the BA

The BA Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies and the Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center, in collaboration with the UNESCO Chair of Underwater Cultural Heritage, Alexandria University, organize the exhibition “Echoes of the Deep: Historical Shipwrecks of the Red Sea”, on Thursday, 29 ...

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The BA Releases The History of the British in Alexandria

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) has released its latest book The History of the British in Alexandria , by Dr. Carole Escoffey. The presence of British people in Alexandria can be traced back to Elizabethan times, with merchants and pilgrims making the long, perilous ...

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Revival of a Legend

Members of the original team from the Norwegian Architecture firm Snøhetta return to Alexandria to tell the story behind designing and building the new Library of Alexandria through a ceremony organized by the BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med), Academic Research Sector, ...

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The Alexandrias of Étienne Combe Book Launch at the BA

The BA Alexandria and Mediterranean Research Center (Alex Med) organizes a ceremony to launch the first and second volumes of the book The Alexandrias of Étienne Combe . The ceremony is held on Monday, 10 October 2022, at 11:00 am, in the BACC Lecture Hall. As part of the ceremony, the Center ...

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