Jiyeh (ancient Porphyreon) Most interesting finds: – Residential quarter built in the 4th/5th century AD – Wall paintings: floral motifs, a Psalm fragment – Production center of late Hellenistic and early Roman pottery – Roman and early Byzantine necropolis – Christian basilica with floor mosaics (5th–6th century AD) – Terracotta votive protomes (masks) from the […]
Khalde Qobbet Ech Choueifat Most interesting finds: – Phoenician cemetery from the Iron Age with more than 400 identified graves – Wineries from the Roman/early Byzantine period – Storerooms – Baths – Early Byzantine mosaics History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2007, 2017 Type of research: Survey Directors: Tomasz Waliszewski, Institute of Archaeology, […]
Khirbat es-Sar Khirbet es-Sar Khirbet Sarah Khirbet Sara Khirbat Sara History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2018– Type of research: Non-invasive research and survey Directors: Jolanta Młynarczyk Mariusz Burdajewicz Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Department of Antiquities of Jordan […]
Khune-ye Div Khone-ye Div Most interesting finds: – reconstruction of the plan of the main part of the building – subsidiary structure abutting the main building from the north-east – structures on a stone platform which extends to the south-east of the main building History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2008–2010 (the research […]
Marea Most interesting finds: – funerary chapel from the 5th–6th century AD – baths from the 6th century AD, with a water wheel drawing water from a well (so-called saqiyah) – early Byzantine basilica dating to the 5th–8th century AD – three jetties, the longest of which measures 125 m and is located near the […]
Marina el-Alamein Marina al-Alamain Project name: Polish Archaeological Expedition to Marina el-Alamain البعثة الأثرية البولندية بمارينا العلمين Type of site: Hellenistic-Roman city and necropolis Location: Egypt Matrouh Governorate Mediterranean coast Dating: Hellenistic period – Roman period (2nd century BC–6th century AD) In 2019, conservation activities and archaeological investigations at the site were combined in a […]
Masnaa Masna’a Most interesting finds: – Lower Paleolithic hand axes and pebble tools belonging to the oldest finds in Iraq – Levallois and Mousterian tools History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1981–1983 Type of research: Excavations Project directors: Stefan Karol Kozłowski Waldemar Chmielewski Partners: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of […]
Metsamor History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2013– Type of research: Excavations, survey Directors: Krzysztof Jakubiak (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) Ashot Piliposyan (Service for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Environment and Museum Reservation, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia) Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University […]
M’lefaat Most interesting finds: – 10 circular houses built around a central square. Measuring from 2.7 m to 7 m in diameter, they were built of pisé and dried bricks and plastered. Benches were found inside. – Stone tools: querns, grinders, cylindrical pestles, stone axes and slingshot projectiles History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s […]