Recordings of the PCMA Seminar “Life in Ancient Nubia: Bioarchaeological Perspectives” have been made available online on the PCMA UW YouTube channel. The aim of the meeting was to present a range of bioarchaeological perspectives on life in ancient and medieval Nubia. Each session focused on a particular area of bioarchaeological research, examining what we […]
The first PCMA Seminar in June will host a talk by Dr. Julien Cooper from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). His presentation is entitled “East of Nubia: Results of the Atbai Survey Project”. It is part of a series of presentations on the Eastern Desert and the Red Sea organized by Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda. Abstract: The […]
This month’s second archaeo-oriental seminar will also be devoted to bioarcheology. Dr. Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin is going to present a paper entitled “(In)Visible People. A bioarchaeological perspective on power, status, and children in the ancient Nile Valley”. Abstract: Until recently, children as much as women in the past were on the fringes of archaeological research, deemed […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Joanna Ciesielska will give a lecture: “Living in a medieval metropolis: an introduction into isotopic landscape of Soba”. Abstract: [in Polish] Soba, stolica średniowiecznego królestwa Alwy (Sudan) pomiędzy VI a XVI wiekiem n.e., znajduje się na wschodnim brzegu Nilu […]
Egypt was at the center of a trade route that connected the Roman Empire with many areas of the ancient world, including India. There were several Roman-era harbors on the Red Sea coast of Egypt involved in this commerce, the most important of which was Berenike. Ships from India arrived there with products, such as […]
