Kaftoun Kaftun Kaftûn Most interesting finds: – wall paintings from the second half of the 13th century depicting, among others, Maiestas Domini, the Communion of the Apostles, and warrior saints – architectural evolution of the Church of St Sergius and Bacchus in the medieval and Ottoman periods – relics of the early monastic phase of […]
Mar Elias Btina Most interesting finds: – wall paintings in the church presbytery, preliminarily dated to the 13th century; the depictions of the Prophet Elijah are the first known from Lebanon to date History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2010–2011, 2013 Type of research: Conservation and restoration of wall paintings Directors: Krzysztof Chmielewski […]
Rachkida History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2012, 2016 Type of research: Salvage excavations, study mission Directors: Tomasz Waliszewski, Lévon Nordiguian (2012, 2016) Piotr Makowski (2016) Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Saint Joseph University in Beirut – Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) Description of the site […]
Smar Jbeil History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2014–2015 Type of research: Survey, topographical work Directors: Karol Juchniewicz Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) Description of the site and research: The Smar Jbeil Archaeological Project is connected with prospective excavations in Smar […]
Tell el-Farkha Tell el-Farcha Ghazala Most interesting finds: – Lower Egyptian culture settlement divided into functional quarters (residential, representative, and economic) – The oldest brewing center in Egypt (about 3700–3500 BC) – The so-called Naqadian residence – the largest predynastic residential building known from Egypt (about 3500–3350 BC, Western Kom) – Protodynastic settlement on the […]
Tell el-Murra Most interesting finds: – Discovery of Lower Egyptian culture remains and determining that the beginnings of the settlement at Tell el-Murra date to about 3500 BC – Discovery of remains attesting to a very high level of the flooding of the Nile, which probably destroyed a large part of the settlement at the […]
Polish Archaeological Unit in Khartoum is the second foreign research centre of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA). The opening ceremony took place in the gardens of the National Museum in Khartoum. It was hosted by Mohamed Abou Zaid Mustafa, Minister of Tourism, Antiquities and Wildlife, and Dr. Abdelrahman Ali Mohamed, […]
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Eng. Samir Abadir, who gave his collection of maps of the Nile Valley to our book collection. As he joined the list of the donors, a plate with his name was put on the wall at the entrance to the reading room. About the book collection
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology is currently seeking an Archeologist to join our ERC Starting Grant “UMMA. Urban Metamorphosis of the community of a Medieval African capital city” GA no. 759926 (http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/212336_en.html) team studying the twilight of Dongola, capital of the Christian kingdom of Makuria and its metamorphosis into a Muslim city-state. We are looking […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo invites to an open lecture “House H1 and the History of Marea on Lake Mareotis” by Dr. Dagmara Wielgosz-Rondolino and Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda. The lecture will be held on Tuesday, 23rd January, 2018 at 6:00 pm in the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo, 11, Mahallah St., Heliopolis. Abstract The Institute of […]