The forthcoming seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw will feature a lecture by Dr. Karel Innemée from the Faculty of Humanities, University of Amsterdam entitled “The non-verbal communication of costumes of authority”. Abstract: „Costumes of worldly and religious leaders have multiple layers of meaning. Firstly, there is the aspect […]
We are happy to report the successes of our researchers: four employees of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw received grants in the recently announced Sonata 17 and Opus 22 competitions of the Polish National Science Center. SONATA 17 Dr Mariusz Gwiazda: “Cultural, demographic and biological profiles of post-Roman (4th-6th […]
Dr Piotr Zakrzewski has been awarded a micro-grant from the University of Warsaw program “Initiative for Excellence – Research University” (IDUB). He will attend the XXVth Congress of Roman Frontier Studies (LIMES Congress) in Nijmegen on 21st-27th August 2022. Several PCMA UW scholars have already taken advantage of funding opportunities in this program in 2022. Dr. […]
In early May 2022, in Paphos (Cyprus), archaeologists from the Polish expedition working in the UNESCO World Heritage-listed ancient city attended a local high school event to listen to the students’ presentations about their city’s history and archaeology. The event was part of a new collaborative archaeological project instigated by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean […]
This May, the PCMA Seminar will host a talk by Dr. Micaela Sinibaldi: “The pottery of Southern Transjordan: a methodology of research for Islamic-period handmade pottery and the case-study of Petra” Abstract: “The Late Petra Project aims at reconstructing the history of the Islamic period in the Petra valley and region. Through a detailed study […]
Results of the latest excavation season in Berenike, Egypt, have been announced. Among their highlights is a tomb with coral walls and floors and intact burials with rich grave goods excavated by a team from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology. Berenike is located in the Eastern Desert, on the Red Sea coast. This port […]
At a concert in Nicosia on 10 May 2022, organized by the Polish Embassy on the occasion of the National Day of the Constitution of the Third of May, a ceremony was held to present awards for the development of Polish-Cypriot scientific cooperation in the field of archaeology and for creating a positive image of […]
The Director of the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo invites to a lecture by Dr. Maria Carmela Gatto “The BORDERSCAPE project Egyptian state formation and the changing socio-spatial landscape of the First Cataract in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE”. Abstract: “The talk introduces a new research project established at the Institute of Mediterranean […]
We were saddened to hear the news of the death of Andrzej Reiche, an archaeologist specializing in the Near East and curator emeritus of the collection of ancient Near Eastern art at the National Museum in Warsaw. In over four decades of his archaeological work, he took part in excavations at most of the sites […]
The tomb of an official responsible for secret documents in the royal chancellery during the reign of the first pharaohs of the Sixth Dynasty (c. 2300 BC) was discovered in Saqqara by an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, the University of Warsaw. During the autumn season of 2021, excavations were conducted within […]