Category: CULTURE
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UCLA Library to offer digital images of rare ancient manuscripts in Egypt
These remarkable manuscripts, which delve into subjects ranging from history and philosophy to medicine and spirituality, were never easily accessed by scholars and students, who had to travel to this desert region, considered sacred to three world religions — Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Today, access is even more problematic given security concerns in the Middle…
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14th Bibliotheca Alexandrina Int’l Summer Festival
Organised by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Arts Centre, this year’s edition will bring over 40 cultural events, ranging from music and theatre to film and traditional dance, to the Mediterranean city. The music programme promises a vibrant line-up with concerts by an array of established singers and musicians from Egypt and the region, from opening act…
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The Decimation of Alexandria’s Architectural Heritage
Since its foundation in 331 BC, each era has left its beautiful print on Alexandria’s architecture. The city’s streets are lined with Greek, Roman, English and Italian works of art. But these villas and palaces are now being demolished, taking away from Alexandria’s history, one after the other. The 1920s Modernist Agion Villa used to…
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First-ever legal bid for return of Elgin Marbles to Greece thrown out by European Court of Human Rights
The court ruled that because the alleged theft of the sculptures from the 2,500-year-old Parthenon temple took place more than 150 years before the UK signed up to the human rights convention, it did not have the power to consider the lawsuit. Campaigners for the return of the sculptures pointed out that the court had…