Northern Africa

Projects in Northern Africa

Levantinefoundation

Deir al Surian Projects

This project aims to conserve manuscripts within the Deir al Surian monastery in Egypt. Coptic and Arabic manuscripts will be conserved, catalogued and photographed.

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Circulating Artefacts: A Cross-Platform Alliance Against the Looting of Pharaonic Antiquities

The British Museum aims to create a new database of Egyptian and Nubian artefacts currently in circulation on the international art market, and those held in private collectio…

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Coptic culture

Coptic Culture Conservation Collective (CCCC)

This project aims to create an archive of contemporary Coptic intangible cultural heritage whilst building local communities' capacity for long term heritage preservation.

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Food culture sudan

Preserving Traditional Cuisine in Sudan

This year-long project focuses on the protection and preservation of traditional food and associated recipes in Sudan, with research and documentation taking place across the …

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Minbarsofcairo

Rescuing the Mamluk Minbars of Cairo

This year-long project focusses on the research, documentation and conservation of Mamluk minbars in Historic Cairo.

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Historichomeslebanon

Preserving the Historic Homes of Displaced Communities in Lebanon

This two-year project will rehabilitate a significant portion of the historic centres of two cities in Lebanon.

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Conserving sudan cultural heritage

Conserving Sudanese Cultural Heritage

This two-year project aims to conserve and digitise a range of written and photographic material held in archives in Sudan.

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3d map ksar palace

Digital Documentation of The Ksar Said Palace

This digital documentation project provided a 3D educational model of a historically important palace in Tunis, which has been closed for the last 50 years.

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