The American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) awarded an Antiquities Endowment Fund grant for the project “Under the wings of an Archangel: Conservation work of wall paintings in the Church of the Archangel Gabriel in Naqlun”. The ARCE Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) Grants Program will fund the project for one year. The principal investigator is Dr. […]
During this year’s conference “Poles on the Nile”, Dr. Julie Anderson (Department of Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum) will present: “Excavating Dangeil, Sudan: From shapeless mounds to Meroitic shrines” as part of a guest lecture. Abstract: Recent excavations at Dangeil, Sudan, just upstream of the 5th Nile cataract, have focused on a 1st century AD […]
Dr. Emilia Smagur was awarded an Opus 25 grant for her project “Inhabiting post-Roman Egyptian port: the households of Berenike”. It was enabled by additional financing received by the National Science Centre. Dr Smagur’s project aims to explore the domestic life in the post-Roman (4th-6th centuries CE) Eastern Desert port through a multidisciplinary study of […]
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. hab. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski has received positive opinion for appointment as professor at the University of Warsaw, by the resolution of the Senate of the University of Warsaw. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski is the Head of the Research Centre in Georgia of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of […]
The annual conference on Polish archaeological research in Egypt and Sudan will be held on June 19th-21st. Over the three days of the conference, more than 30 papers will be delivered, most of which will present the latest research results. The conference will be held in a hybrid mode, at the UW Faculty of Archaeology […]
A group of representatives from archaeological institutions from Armenia visited the University of Warsaw. They signed an agreement on cooperation and conducted lectures and archaeological workshops. The University of Warsaw was represented by Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the Rector of the University of Warsaw, who signed the agreement. On the Armenian side, the signatories were […]
The Warsaw City Council has recently approved a resolution to name a pedestrian passage in the Northern Downtown area, close to the University of Warsaw, after Kazimierz Michałowski. A ceremony to honor this decision will take place on May 17th, with the participation of the University of Warsaw authorities, Professor Michałowski’s students, and representatives of […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw will host Dr. Roman Hovsepyan, an archaeobotanist and ethnobotanist from the Armenian Academy of Sciences. His visit in Poland is part of the Excellence Initiative-Research University “Mentoring Programme”, at the invitation of Dr. Mariusz Iskra. Dr. Roman Hovsepyan is an archaeobotanist and ethnobotanist from […]
We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Prof. Dr. Eng. arch. Rafał Czerner. He was an architect and researcher of ancient architecture, with research interests including modern and medieval architecture, ancient architecture and the conservation of archaeological sites. Professor Czerner was a lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at the Wrocław University […]
At the next Archaeo-Oriental Seminar, Weronika Kul will give a lecture: Znaczenie gryzoni w kulturze starożytnego Egiptu. Abstract (in Polish): Celem referatu będzie zaprezentowanie znaczenia myszy oraz ryjówek w wierzeniach i praktykach starożytnych Egipcjan od Starego Państwa do Okresu Grecko-Rzymskiego. W źródłach ikonograficznych można odnaleźć wizerunki oraz nawiązania do bóstwa z głową myszy lub ryjówki, ewoluujące od […]