Activities

05/04/2025 : Female figures from the New Testament in Egypt

23 March 2025

Methods and functions of imaging between the Byzantine era and the first century of the conquest
Lecture in French by Apolline Gay (École Pratique des Hautes Études & Université Libre de Bruxelles)

05/04/2025 MRAH – KMKG 10h30 Between the 4th and 8th centuries AD, numerous Christian images were produced in Egypt. Narrative, timeless or symbolic, their iconography draws on various textual sources revolving around the biblical corpus: canonical texts from the Old and New Testaments, and apocryphal texts. Through this category of images, this communication will focus particularly on the re... Read more

08/02/2025 : De rotsnecropolis van al-Shaykh Said

22 March 2025

Resultaten van een eerste campagne archeologisch onderzoek.
Dutch-language conference by Elisabeth Van Caelenberge (KU Leuven)

08/02/2025 MRAH – KMKG 10h30 De necropolis van al-Shaykh Said ligt genesteld in de flanken van de rotsen langs de Nijl, op een vijftal kilometer ten zuiden van Dayr al-Barsha in de provincie Minya. Hoewel het Barsha Project van KU Leuven al meer dan twintig jaar archeologisch onderzoek verricht in de regio, vond de eerste opgravingscampagne in de rotsnecropolis van al-Shaykh Said pas in voorj... Read more

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