Historical Studies

The holding in Barcelona of the exhibition “Pharaoh’s Reeds. A Papyrus Voyage Up the Nile” is an unbeatable opportunity to discover one of the least known aspects of Catalan heritage: the papyrological collections held at the Abbey of Montserrat and the Historic Archive of the Jesuits in Catalonia. It is a desire and priority of the Catalan institutions to promote the rich heritage held in Catalonia and to make it available to everyone, from the general public to specialists. In this respect, the holding of the exhibition coinciding with the 28th International Congress of Papyrology, organised by Pompeu Fabra University and the IEMed, also clearly shows the commitment of Catalan scientific and political institutions to high level research in all fields of knowledge. Based on an already solid tradition, initiatives like this show the potential of this research but also the goals it has achieved in Catalonia and its presence in international forums.