Heritage Science Day: Empowering Science for Cultural Heritage Seminar
25 February 2025
09:30 AM
Auditorium, BA Main Entrance
Antiquities Museum and the Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT) affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina Cultural Outreach Sector, in cooperation with Ritsumeikan University organize a seminar entitled “Heritage Science Day: Empowering Science for Cultural Heritage”, on Thursday, 20 February 2025; from 9:30 am – 2:15 pm, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Main Entrance, Auditorium Hall.
The exchange of knowledge between the specialists and researchers in the field of cultural heritage and related sciences has become essential to achieve the required development of policies and means for the sustainable preservation of Egyptian cultural heritage. Based on this concept, the speakers will present the fruit of cooperation between the Egyptian and Japanese researchers in advanced practical expertise applied to serve cultural heritage. Moreover, they will display the projects implemented by the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the field of heritage documentation which will be available to the public. One of these projects include the “Wall of Knowledge: Amduat Papyrus” project, which is a joint project between the Antiquities Museum and CULTNAT, and it will be inaugurated on the same day of the seminar.