“Visitors’ Graffiti at the Fatimid Cemetery in Aswan” in an Interactive Lecture at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina

Dr. Fatma Keshk, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO) and Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMA)

15 March 2022

12:00 PM

Online Lecture

The Antiquities Museum and the Zahi Hawass Center of Egyptology; affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandria Cultural Outreach Sector, organize an online lecture entitled “Visitors’ Graffiti at the Fatimid Cemetery in Aswan”. The lecture will be delivered by Dr. Fatma Keshk, Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale (IFAO) and Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMA). The lecture will be broadcasted on Tuesday,
15 March 2022; 12:00 noon, via the Antiquities Museum’s Facebook page: Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum.

The lecture sheds light on the Fatimid Cemetery in Aswan which is considered one of the largest existing ancient Islamic cemeteries in Egypt. Its importance lies not only in the value of its standing architecture, but more importantly in being a major example of a historic site with a living heritage. The mausoleums of the religious figures buried or commemorated at the cemetery are still being visited by large groups from the local communities in Aswan and Upper Egypt. Many of the mausoleums have traces of Arabic graffiti left by visitors. This lecture aims to present the results of studying Arabic graffiti at the Fatimid Cemetery in Aswan.

You can participate in the lecture by using the following link, or by entering the meeting details shown below on the website: bibalex.webex.com.

Meeting link:
https://bibalex.webex.com/bibalex/j.php?MTID=md39da427ab72e8fae9e657df18da0945

Meeting number: 2385 251 8587

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