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TRACES, a futuristic exhibition

Young people think their heritage in a future perspective

TRACES

Extrait du catalogue TRACES © CEAlex

The educational service of the Latenium, an archaeological museum comprising Research, Exhibition, university and popular Educations launched, together with the Educational service of the CEAlex, the Art Centre of the Alexandrina Biblioteca and the association Gudran, the project “Which traces want we leave of ourselves in 1000 years?”

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The water tanks’ genius

A water travelling story

To make young audience aware of archaeology and patrimony, the educational service offers several activities on the theme of the water since a lot of studies have been made at the CEAlex: water tanks statement, hydraulic system study.

The educational service chose to make water familiar in Alexandria through a tale. They asked El Warsha, [...]

The “arche’eau”* educative kit

Archeologists in the bud explore water phenomena

The Educational service of the CEAlex with the Scientific, Technical and Industrial Culture’s Centre of Marseille designed three educational trunks. They are available to the media-librarian, teachers and animators trained to use them. The “arche’eau” trunk displays two themes: water and underwater archaeology.

Based on “Read then Do”, the trunk displays documents (books, files…) and [...]

Mare Nostrum

An interactive web cartoon

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Mare Nostrum is an interactive bilingual (French and Arabic) web-cartoon carried out between children in Arles and Alexandria, from 11 to 14 years old during the school year 2006-2007.

« This is the story of an archaeologist, in Southest France who discover a boat flotsam to date from Roman period, in the Rhone. He contacts [...]