Tag: Alexandria
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Alexandria: locals adapt to floods as coastal waters inch closer
“Before we were flooded a couple of years ago, we didn’t imagine the water could reach this level,” said cafe manager Samir Gaber, gesturing at a cluster of tables overlooking the Mediterranean. Gaber has managed the Latino cafe in Alexandria for six years, during which time the business has had to adapt to increasingly dramatic…
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The Alexandria International Conference on Maritime and Underwater Archaeology
Egypt has provided humanity with a majestic concrete civilization that continued for thousands of years since the break of dawn. Historians and archaeologists have been interested in studying this civilization and its endlessly creative, accomplished legacy. Marine archaeology is considered one of the new sciences that studies the Ancient Egyptian Civilization throughout its different ages…
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“The Decoration of the Temple of Repit in Athribis in Upper Egypt”
Alexandria Center for Hellenistic Studies Cordially invites you to attend a lecture entitled: “The Decoration of the Temple of Repit in Athribis in Upper Egypt” By: Professor Christian Leitz, Director of the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IANES), University of Tübingen, Germany Tuesday, 4 October 2016; 4:00‒6:00 pm Bibliotheca Alexandrina Main Entrance, Auditorium. Lecture: Open to the Public,…
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New governors for Cairo, Alexandria appointed during reshuffle
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced on Wednesday the appointment of six new governors for Cairo, Alexandria, Qalubyia, Elminya, Fayoum, and Suez governorates, according to state-owned media. Maj Gen Ahmed Taymour has been standing in for the Cairo governor for the past six months, as the previous governor, Galal Al-Saeed, was appointed as minister of transportation.…