Ancient Texts Rescued From a Small Island on the Nile Go on View in Berlin
The pair of exhibitions on Berlin's Museumsinsel are the product of a seven-year project funded by the European Research Council.
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The pair of exhibitions on Berlin's Museumsinsel are the product of a seven-year project funded by the European Research Council.
Goethe drew on the poet al-Mutanabbi and the Thousand and One Nights, and a special exhibition explores shared motifs.
The show is part of the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2021, for which Germany is guest of honour
Cultural Foundation, but will also be made available online through a virtual gallery. The exhibition between the Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection Berlin and the Arab-German Young Academy for Sciences and Humanities. About 100 objects are included, including facsimiles, archival material, books and games, with some items on loan from institutions such as the Goethe-Institut Gulf Region and Kalima Project for Translation, which will showcase German titles translated into Arabic. papyruses, works by Arab poet Al Mutanabbi and German playwright and novelist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...