Under the auspices of Prof. Mahmoud El-Meteini, President of Ain Shams University, Prof. Ghada Farouk, Vice President for Community Service and Environmental Development, delivered a speech. Prof. Mamdouh El-Damaty, Professor of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities and former Minister of Antiquities, gave a lecture entitled (Cleopatra VII, the Last Pharaoh of Egypt), in the first cultural activities of the Zaffran Museum.
The lecture dealt with the status of women in Egypt during the age of the Pharaohs, the role of women in the ancient Egyptian economy, the queens of Egypt throughout the ages, Cleopatra's personality, upbringing and origins, Cleopatra’s tenure, Queen Cleopatra's marriage, and her suicide.