We are happy to invite you to another PCMA Seminar, this time devoted to the presentation of a new direction in PCMA research – the Tigray region in Ethiopia.. A presentation entitled The PCMA in Tigray (Ethiopia): The Debre Gergis archaeological site and PCMA research perspectives will be given by Dr. Michela Gaudiello, the leader of […]
Team of ERC Starting Grant „UMMA – Urban Metamorphosis of the community of a Medieval African capital city” holds a workshop to summarize the results of the first fieldwork season. In the 2018–2019 season, PCMA UW mission spent four months at Old Dongola. The primary focus of their fieldwork was on localizing and investigating the […]
The monograph was published in the „Journal of Juristic Papyrology Supplement” series and is available in open access. Its aim is to present the material record of Nubian monasticism in a systematic manner and to conduct a comparative analysis of this phenomenon. This book also addresses several fundamental issues, e.g. the presence of various forms […]
The organizers of the “Poles in the Near East” archaeological conference have the pleasure of announcing a guest lecture accompanying the conference. Dr Francisco J. Núñez will present the results of over 20 years of excavations in Tyre, Lebanon. Dr Núñez specializes in the study of Levantine pottery from the Iron and late Bronze Age. […]
The Editors of Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean are calling for papers for the 28th volume of the journal, which is to be published in 2019. It will include a thematic fascicle dedicatied to the subject of ancient lightning devices and related issues. The editors invite research articles on finds from a broadly understood Mediterranean […]
Alexandria – Kom el-Dikka Most interesting finds: – complex of late Roman auditoria – the only archaeologically excavated ancient university complex /Fig. 1, 2/ – complex of Imperial baths with cisterns (and a unique water tower) /Fig. 3, 4/ – the only Roman theater excavated in Egypt /Fig. 5, 6/ – monumental portico /Fig. 13/ […]
Al-Subiyah As-Sabbiya Al-Sabiyah Most interesting finds: – exceptional type of tomb – so-called tumulus with outer ring wall (tumuli SB 100, SB 102) – elongated stone platforms of presumed ritual or symbolic purpose (e.g. SB 68, SM 22) – beads of semi-precious stones – carnelian, agate (e.g. SB 65), chrysoprase (SB 49), lapis lazuli (SMQ […]
Ashmunein El-Ashmunein Ancient Hermopolis Magna Most interesting finds: – Nectanebo II’s inscription (360–342 BC) – Stone blocks decorated with Akhenaten’s cartouches were reused during the construction of the basilica – Architectural remains from the Hellenistic and Roman periods – Numerous small finds, including coins, terracotta figurines, and oil lamps – Inscription commemorating Thenon, an unknown […]
Bahra 1 Codes used during earlier surveys: SBH 35, SBH 38 Most interesting finds: – The largest Ubaid-culture settlement on the Arabian Gulf coast – Workshop manufacturing tubular beads from the shells of Conomurex persicus – Rich assemblage of local pottery (so-called Coarse Red Ware) and imported pottery from Mesopotamia – The oldest fragment of […]