Peeters Publishers has published the second part of “Old Dongola: Development, Heritage, Archaeology. Fieldwork in 2018–2019″. It is the sixth volume of the series “Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology”. Like all the other titles in the series, the book has been published in open access. The volume presents the archaeological finds from the fieldwork of […]
Rais Ragab Ahmed Yaseen, a great friend and long-time collaborator of Polish archaeological expeditions working in Luxor, passed away on 25th December, 2022. Rais Ragab cooperated most closely with the PCMA UW expedition to the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari, with which he worked for more than four decades. His versatile skills and extensive […]
We are pleased to announce that the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Maciej Wyżgoł of the PCMA UW took place on Thursday, December 22nd, 2022. The dissertation topic is “The identity of an African city in the pre-colonial era. Archaeological studies of the society inhabiting Old Dongola in the declining phase of the […]
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We are pleased to announce that two PCMA projects have won funding in the 8th edition of the CRAC Small Grants! Dr Tomomi Fushiya, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw – Testimonies of cooperative care: Socioeconomic system of the maintenance of the oldest mosque in Sudan About the project: This project investigates a […]
We are pleased to announce that the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Paweł Lech of the PCMA UW took place on Wednesday, December 14th, 2022. The dissertation topic is “Tableware from Tanais. Analysis of import, spatial distribution, function, repair and reuse from the 3rd century BC until the 3rd century AD”. The dissertation […]
In the latest edition of the National Science Centre competitions, two projects submitted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw were selected for funding. Dr. Robert Stark received a grant in the OPUS 23 competition, while Jerzy M. Oleksiak was awarded a PRELUDIUM 21 grant. Dr Robert Stark’s project “Life […]
Polish National Science Centre has announced that it will fund three additional projects in the POLONEZ BIS grant competition. Among them is one submitted by Dr. Mari Yamasaki from Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz. It will be the first project carried out at the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cyprus. Mari Yamasaki is an Ancient Near […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Prof. Wolbert Smidt (Friedrich Schiller University Jena / Mekelle University) will give a lecture: “Local political traditions in the context of Ethiopian cartography. The use of maps in historical policymaking in the 19th and 20th centuries” Abstract: “Especially starting from […]
“Living in the house: researching the domestic life in ancient Egypt and Sudan” conference will take place from 27th till 30th November 2022. It will be held in hybrid form, in Cairo and online. The papers will focus on settlement archaeology in ancient Egypt and Sudan in its multi- and interdisciplinary aspects. The conference is organized […]