Presentations in the PCMA Seminar series continue this February with the talk: “The 2021 campaign of archaeological excavations on the Acropolis of Tyre. The Roman temple compound” presented by Dr. Francisco J. Núñez, one of the project’s co-directors. Abstract: “This seminar offers the preliminary results of the last campaign of archaeological excavations in the acropolis […]
In February, we return to our series of PCMA Seminar presentations. They will be held in remote form on three consecutive Thursdays this month. At the first of these, Dr. Kamila Nocoń presented her paper “Middle and Late Roman cooking pottery from the Agora in Nea Paphos. Preliminary findings”. Abstract: Middle and Late Roman period […]
The Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology series from Peeters Publishers has yet another volume accessible online. It is a monograph on excavations of a megalithic ceremonial complex from the 5th millenium BCE in the Eastern Desert in Egypt. The site is located almost directly in the middle of the Eastern Desert, on a wadi trail […]
A call for papers is now open for the sixth edition of the archaeological conference “Poles in the Near East”. The event will be held online from June 8th to 10th 2022. The conference is co-organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, and the Department of Oriental Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, […]
Another volume in the Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology series from Peeters Publishers is a monograph by Dr. Urszula Wicenciak-Núñez presenting the results of her research on pottery from Chhim (Lebanon). The book is now available in Open Access. This monograph is the result of many seasons of research conducted by Dr. Wicenciak-Núñez on the […]
We are pleased to announce that the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Piotr Zakrzewski of the PCMA UW, took place on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. The dissertation topic is “Munitiones castrorum. Fortifications of the Roman legionary camp in Novae of the principate period (1st-3rd century AD). The dissertation presents all documented elements of […]
The sudden passing of Zbigniew Godziejewski, a conservator and long-term participant of PCMA UW fieldwork, is an irreparable loss for his friends and colleagues from the expeditions of which he was an indispensable part. Zbigniew Godziejewski worked with us for over 30 years, beginning in the early 1990s when he participated in excavations at Palmyra. […]
For the fourth time, PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and Institut français d’archéologie orientale awarded their joint Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The new Fellow is Dr. Fatma Keshk who will organize an interdisciplinary conference on houses and domestic life in ancient Egypt and Sudan. Dr. Keshk, who is based in Cairo, is a graduate of Leiden […]
The first two volumes of the Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology series are now available online. The first one is devoted to the results of research in Dongola (Sudan), and the second to the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari (Egypt). The first volume of the PPMA, titled Old Dongola: Development, Heritage, Archaeology. Fieldwork in […]
“Tadmor – Palmyra. A Caravan City between East and West” is a new book by Prof. Michał Gawlikowski, the long-time director of PCMA UW expedition in this city. It has been published by IRSA Foundation for the Promotion of Culture and is available in Open Access. The book tells the story of the site as […]