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Papyrus Studies and Inscriptions Center

2021-01-12

The Papyrus Studies and Inscriptions Center, which was established in 1980, is one of the specialized research centers at Ain Shams University in Cairo. The focus of the center is mainly on the Egyptian textual media of papyrus, inscriptions, and others, dating back to ancient and medieval times. Therefore, this interest includes writings and languages of these media from hieroglyphs, hieratic, demotic, Coptic, Greek, Latin, Aramaic, Hebrew, and Arabic.

Center Objectives

* Paying attention to papyrus documents as an important element in the cultural heritage, as it is considered a major source of information that highlights the history of Egyptian civilization and humanity in general.
* Statistics and photocopy of Al-Barada and Al-Istraka documents, whether published or not.
* Verifying and publishing papyrus documents scientifically.
* Conducting research and studies based on papyrus documents.
* Forming a team of researchers trained to read and verify texts.
* Holding global and local conferences and seminars related to papyrus science.
* Encouraging a new generation to specialize in papyrus science.
* Preparing a team of technicians in the field of restoration, maintenance, and imaging of papyrus.
* Preparing cultural seasons for a group of topics related to papyrus science.
* Preparing courses for the ancient languages in which he was writing on papyrus papers, such as hieroglyphs, hieratic, Coptic, Aramaic, Hebrew, ancient Greek, modern and Latin, to help researchers who are interested in papyrus science.
* Preparing courses on how to read, prepare and publish papyrus documents, constraint, and inscriptions.
* Preparing a complete record of the published documents by registering and classifying papyrus collections, constraint, and inscriptions.

Center Achievement

* Establish scientific and cultural relations in the field of papyrus sciences in the Middle East region.
* Establish a specialized library in the field of papyrus science and enriching it by providing it with different language periodicals on papyri published, whether in Egypt or abroad.

Training Courses

Egyptian language:
An ancient Egyptian language.
Hieratic texts.
Demotic Texts.

Greek language:
An ancient Greek language.
A modern Greek language.
Latin language:
Latin language.
Italian language.

Siamese:
Cuneiform Texts.
Hebrew language.
Aramaic language.
Syriac language.

Eastern:
Persian language.
Turkish language.
Urdu language.
The center also conducts specialized training courses in restoration.

Specialized courses:
Preparing courses on how to read, prepare and publish papyrus documents, ostraca and inscriptions.
Preparing a complete record of published documents by registering and classifying papyrus, ostraca and inscriptions collections.
Extending channels with Al-Barda centers and institutes and academic research academies in various parts of the world and coordinating work with them.
Establishing a library specializing in the field of papyrus sciences and enriching it by providing it with different language periodicals on papyri published either in Egypt or abroad.
The center's current project is to classify its collections and prepare a multi-part catalog of its categories. It marks the establishment of a comprehensive catalog of Egyptian papyrus collections in Egypt and the world.

Drilling training courses:
Workshops plans related to the five activities of the center (ancient Egyptian / Arabic / Greek / Semitic / restoration) are being developed and their programs are developed in coordination with the lecturing professors.
Programs are set for scientific trips and field visits to archaeological sites that serve students and researchers in the specializations of history and archeology.
The foreign experts who conduct workshops serving researchers and scholars from Germany are hosting the scientists
DR / MARIUS GERHARDT GYPTISCHES MUSEUM UND PAPYRUSSAMMLUNG BERLIN
JÖRG GRAF UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK LEIPZIG
Prof. Anne Boudhros
Prof. BLUMELL LINCOLN HARRIS USA
Prof. Dr. Suleiman bin Muhammad Al-Teeb, the cultural advisor of the King Faisal Center, and a professor at King Saud University, was hosted and held a workshop on reading Nabataean texts.
Also, experts from inside Egypt were hosted by holding training workshops to improve and develop the performance of researchers such as:
Dr. Sherif Afifi, Director of the Rare Book Restoration Unit at the Alexandria Library
Dr. Mamdouh Farouk, chief inspector at the Ministry of Antiquities

Seminars

1- Reading of Jewish gravestones

2- The title of using dolls in influencing citizen vote

3- The basic principles of success and excellence in life

4- Implications of the dedications in the temple of Athena Linda

5- Sinai in the Pharaonic era

6- Some common mistakes in the Arabic language

7 to be able to fulfill your great dreams

8- Where will the Arab-Israeli conflict go?

9- Linguistics

10- The United States of America and arming Israel

11- The homeland and the army

12- The strategy of the national discourse in the poetry of Hashem Al-Rifai

13- The war of 67 reading in the new Israeli documents

14- Linguistic differences in the Arabic language

15 Reading in Ahmed Orabi's diary

16- Poetic objects in the Old Testament and their tools

17- Aspects of daily life and the Copts

18- Syriac linguistic mediation between Greek and Arabic

19- The museum display is applied to German museums

20- The geographical framework of the ancient Phoenician inscriptions and its effect on the Semitic pens

Traveling through the ages 21

22- The First Hellenistic Gympie Egypt

23- On the documentary evidence of the early existence of Christianity in Auxerengus

24- Egyptian temples in the Greek and Roman eras, influence and influence

25 Yemeni inscriptions in the Kingdom of Sheba

26- Study of Coptic literature through some Coptic manuscripts

27- The role of priestly ordinances in the Ptolemaic royal representation.

28- The process of conversion from paganism to Christianity - depicting Christ as a model

29- Archeology in the provinces of the ancient Maghreb

30- Funerary art in Egypt during the Roman era, between constants and variables

31- Basilikis: A look at the history and archeology of the site

Publications

The Center for Papyrus Studies and Inscriptions Journal is published annually, and thirty-five issues have been published so far.

The Papyrus Center magazine is one of the first specialized magazines that the founder of the center, Prof. Dr. Abdullah Al-Muslimi for obtaining the IBAN since 1982

This year, it obtained the Electronic International Numbering (EIN), as well as making it available on the Egyptian Knowledge Bank EKB website

Publications that include research papers delivered at the center's conferences (available at the center's headquarters and at the university's pavilion at the Cairo International Book Fair).

Conferences

1- “Palestine in light of papyrus papers and inscriptions

2 "The relationship of the Greek civilization with the Arab civilization"

3- The International Conference on Impact and Impact

4- The International Conference on Thought in Egypt through the Ages

5- The Fifth International Conference, The Word and Image in Ancient Civilizations

6- Ancient legacies (oral, biblical personification)

7- The Seventh International Conference (Everyday Life in Antiquity)

8- The ancient civilization has its money and what it owes, the ancient and modern languages, and the position of foreign archaeologists towards the Arabic language

9- The history of Faiyum and its implications

10- History of medicine and pharmacology in Egypt and the Near East "

11- Sublime manuscripts and inscriptions.

12- For applied sciences and heritage preservation

13- Civilizational interaction on the land of Egypt during the Ptolemaic and Roman eras, "Backgrounds and appearances."

14- Inscriptions, manuscripts, and sublime colds through the ages

14- The webinar was the first Egyptian deities in the Greco-Roman eras, overlapping and merging

15. The Webinar II of the Egyptian army has a history of struggle

Exhibitions

Forum of Civilizations and Countries (Peoples' Week Festival)

University Services Marketing Forum

Cairo International Book Fair

Participation in the International Book Fair

Participate in an offer for the center in the people’s festival

Voluntary services

Cooperation protocol

1- An agreement between the Center for Papyrus Studies and Inscriptions and the Global Education Company
Aramaic papyri of the two girls from the fifth century B.C. A study of language and content

2- International Workshops "The International Publishing Workshop, which was held in Turkey, accompanied by Prof. Dr. Tariq Mansour, the Center's Advisor, and Dr. Gerges Hanna, a researcher from the Center.

3- The selection of the center’s director, the first representative of Egypt in 90 years, in the International Society of Papyrus Scholars in Brussels, which will help raise the university’s classification

4- Implementation of the students' scientific program:
(Saqqara - Dead hostage - Kom Oshim - Wadi Rayyan)
Museums (Egyptian - Agricultural - Geologist - Giza Plateau - Khufu boat - Dahshur)