A course in the Old Nubian language will be held in Cairo this autumn. It will be co-organized by the Institut français d’archéologie orientale, the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and Fayoum University. Old Nubian is the language used by the inhabitants of the Middle Nile Valley during the Middle Ages. Its oldest attestation […]
Tell Amarna Most interesting finds: – Painted fragments of pottery vessels from the Halaf period – Ceramic vessels from the Bronze Age – Terracotta figurines from the Bronze and Iron Ages – Cylindrical seal from the Bronze Age – Oil lamps from the Hellenistic period – Remains of an early Christian church – Floor mosaics […]
Tell Arbid Tell Arbit Most interesting finds: – Temple of the Ninevite 5 period, one of the oldest buildings of this type in northern Mesopotamia – Two richly furnished women’s graves of the Mitanni period – Relics of domestic and official buildings from different periods – Khabur Ware period graves – Numerous examples of glyptics […]
60 years ago to a day, the Senate of the University of Warsaw agreed to Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski’s proposition of establishing a Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology in Cairo. Today, as for the last 60 years, the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo is still busy with new and ongoing projects. On the occasion of this […]
Tell Atrib Ancient Egyptian Hut-ta-heri-ib(.t) Greek Athribis Coptic Athrebi/Atrepe Most interesting finds: Kom A: – Remains of two temples from the Late Period (Taharqa, Twenty-fifth dynasty, and Amasis, Twenty-sixth dynasty) – Limestone funerary stele of a woman called Anch-ren from the Late Period – Large Roman bath complex from the Julio-Claudian period, rebuilt during the […]
Tell Djassa el-Gharbi Tell Jassa (el-Gharbi) Tell Jassas Most interesting finds: – Well-preserved architectural remains – Lead figurine of Ishtar(?) History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1988–1990 Type of research: Salvage excavations Project directors: Maria Krogulska (first season) Piotr Bieliński Partners: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw – Directorate […]
The PCMA will open two new labs thanks to special funding from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Bioarchaeological Lab and Advanced Documentation Methods Lab will enhance the PCMA’s interdisciplinary approach to archaeological research. The Bioarchaeological Lab will combine archaeozoological and anthropological specializations. It will be headed by Dr. Urszula Iwaszczuk, whose main […]
Tell el-Retaba Most interesting finds: – Hyksos settlement and cemetery (17th–16th century BC) – Early 18th dynasty settlement (16th–15th century BC) – Fortress of Ramesses II (13th–12th century BC) – defense walls, garrison barracks, workshops, granaries – Fortress of Ramesses III (12th–11th century BC) – defense walls, garrison barracks – Houses of the Third Intermediate […]
Tell Qaramel Most interesting finds: – A few dozen early Neolithic structures, including five towers and two proto-temples – More than 400 ornamental stone objects – A few dozen skeleton burials inside the settlement History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1999–2011 Type of research: Excavations Project directors: Ryszard F. Mazurowski (1999–2021) Bassam Jammous (1999–2000 […]
Tell Rad Shakrah Tell Rad Shaqra Tell Rad Szakra Most interesting finds: – Defense wall built of stone and bricks with earth-and-stone glacis – Relics of residential buildings and street grid of the Early Dynastic III period – More than 40 graves of various types, both adults’ and children’s, some of them richly furnished – […]