Statement in Support of the Protection of the Heritage of Tyre and Its Region The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, expresses its support for the exceptional efforts undertaken by the Ministry of Culture and the Directorate General of Antiquities of Lebanon to safeguard the archaeological and cultural heritage of Tyre and its […]
A recently published article in Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik by our collegues from the PCMA UW, together with colleagues from the Adjara Cultural Heritage Protection Agency in Georgia (Dr Lasha Aslanishvili), presents an exceptional discovery from the Roman fort of Apsaros (Gonio, Georgia). A gold votive plaque bearing a Greek inscription, uncovered during archaeological excavations, […]
University of Warsaw students are welcome to enroll in general-university courses taught by our staff. The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, offers two general-university courses in the humanities in English. [EN] „Ancient wine adventure – history an archaeology of vine and wine”– winter sem. 2026/27, 30h, 2.5 ECTS, course ID 4001-WINEADV-OG Group instructors: Dr […]
In May, the Research Centre in Cyprus PCMA UW welcomed a group of teachers and educators from Poznań participating in the Erasmus+ programme – 2024-1-PL01-KA122-ADU-000234368 “Sztuczna inteligencja w spersonalizowanym nauczaniu języków obcych”. As part of their visit, Dr Paweł Lech (Deputy Director of the PCMA UW RCC) guided the group through the Archaeological Site of Nea Paphos, […]
A presentation of Archaeology Without Makeup by Beata Kukiel Vraila was held at the headquarters of the Polish Research Centre in Cyprus (PCMA UW) in Paphos. The event was another meeting devoted to the publication, which is the first volume in the PAIA Culture publishing series. The evening’s guest and host was Prof. Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka, […]
We are saddened to inform you that, due to circumstances beyond our control, the upcoming PCMA Seminar in the series “Local Traditions, Shared Faith: Early Christianity in Comparative Perspective” has been cancelled. A new date for the event will be announced in the coming days. The links you have already received for the lecture will […]
On 15–16 June 2026, the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW), had the pleasure of hosting Professor Eman Khalifa of Cairo University. On the first day of her visit, Professor Khalifa delivered a lecture entitled Pottery: A Multiple Analysis Approach, in which she presented her research on Egyptian ceramics and highlighted […]
At the upcoming PCMA Seminar, Dr. Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Gwiazda (National Museum in Warsaw, PCMA Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Expedition Director) will deliver a lecture: “From Tomb to Hermitage: Monastic Strategies of Adaptation, Transformation, and Reuse in Western Thebes”. It is going to be the last meeting in the PCMA Seminar series “Local Traditions, Shared Faith: Early Christianity […]
As many as 39 Latin inscriptions now held by the National Museum in Warsaw come from former Braunsberg, today’s Braniewo — a town that played an important role in the history of Central European collections of antiquities. Their history, linked to the Lyceum Hosianum and to Wilhelm Weissbrodt, was the focus of a research visit […]
At the upcoming PCMA Seminar, Dr Ina Eichner (Department of Classical Studies, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna) will deliver a lecture: “The monastery of Deir el-Bachît in Western Thebes/Upper Egypt and abrief look at Byzantium”. Abstract: The Deir el-Bachit Monastery (Monastery of St. Paul) is located on the Theban west bank of the […]