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  • PCMA Seminar: Mobility and Transmission of Pottery Knowledge

    During the upcoming PCMA seminar series “Pot Talks – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Ceramics from Africa and Beyond,” Ewa Czyżewska-Zalewska (PCMA UW) will deliver a presentation: “Mobility and Transmission of Pottery Knowledge”.  Abstract: The Early Makuria Research Project was a significant initiative focused on studying the period between the 4th and 7th centuries, known as Early […]

  • Save the date: hybrid archaeological conference “Poles on the Nile”

    The annual conference on Polish archaeological research in Egypt and Sudan “Poles on the Nile” will take place on 9th–11th of June in a hybrid format. The conference is co-organized by the Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw and the Departments of African Studies and Egyptian Archaeology […]

  • Sixth Ifao-PCMA post-doc fellow will study ancient healing practices

    The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and the Institut français d’archéologie orientale (Ifao) have awarded their joint post-doctoral fellowship for the sixth time. This edition’s fellow is Dr. Gabriele Mario Conte. As part of the fellowship, he will organize an international conference “Perceptions of health in the Nile Valley: The social and cultural dimension […]

  • PCMA Seminar: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) in archaeology and geology

    During the upcoming PCMA seminar, Dr. Zuzanna Kabacińska (Geochronology Research Unit, Institute of Geology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland) will deliver a presentation: “Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) in archaeology and geology: principles and applications. Perspectives of EPR dating of lime mortars”. Abstract: Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR), also known as Electron Spin Resonance  (ESR), belongs to the […]

  • Call for submissions: Chrysomallos V conference

    The call for submissions has opened for the fifth installment of the academic conference “Chrysomallos: Polish Archaeologists on the Black Sea and in the Caucasus.” The conference will take place on April 24th, 2024, in a stationary mode. The conference is organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, UW and the Faculty of Archaeology, UW. […]

  • Exploring Egypt Seminar: “Calligraphers and Patrons in Mamluk Cairo” at PCMA Research Centre in Cairo

    The next session of the Exploring Egypt Seminar is scheduled for February 18th at the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo. The seminars are co-organized by Ifao, DAIK, CAI, NVIC and the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo.  The series explores various aspects of producing historical knowledge on Egypt, focusing on how Egypt’s history has been written, narrated, […]

  • PCMA Seminar: Pots and temples

    During the next meeting of “Pot Talks” series we will host Jiří Honzl (Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures) with a presentation: “Pots and temples: Meroitic ceramics as cultic equipment and other pottery appearing in non-funerary ritual contexts at Wad Ben Naga”. Abstract: Recent excavations of the so-called Isis Temple (WBN 300) at Wad Ben […]

  • The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology begins its second research project in Armenia

    The Polish-Armenian Archaeological Expedition has completed its first season of research at the site of Argishtikhinili. This city, dating to the first half of the 1st millennium BCE, is notable for the cuneiform inscriptions of Urartian kings, monumental defensive architecture, and grand residences of the Urartian elite. The settlement was founded on the summit of […]

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