UCY secures British funding to preserve rare Egyptian legal archives

The University of Cyprus’ (UCY) department of history and archaeology is set to receive €32,500 in British funding for the implementation of a project to save rare legal documents of Egyptian courts in the period from 1910 to 1950.

“The project aims at a deeper understanding of the public history of Egyptian society, as well as at highlighting its multiculturalism and multi-religiosity,” UCY said in a statement.

Titled Life Around the Courts: Legal Practices of Ethnic and Religious Pluralism in Egypt...