Masnaa Masna’a Most interesting finds: – Lower Paleolithic hand axes and pebble tools belonging to the oldest finds in Iraq – Levallois and Mousterian tools History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1981–1983 Type of research: Excavations Project directors: Stefan Karol Kozłowski Waldemar Chmielewski Partners: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of […]
M’lefaat Most interesting finds: – 10 circular houses built around a central square. Measuring from 2.7 m to 7 m in diameter, they were built of pisé and dried bricks and plastered. Benches were found inside. – Stone tools: querns, grinders, cylindrical pestles, stone axes and slingshot projectiles History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s […]
Naqlun Naqlun Deir el-Naqlun Deir el Malak Gubrail Historical Nekloni Most interesting finds: – Hermitages – Late antique (C) and medieval (A) cemeteries – Wall paintings from the Church of the Archangel Gabriel (first half of the 11th century) – Archive of Banu Bifam (Giorgi and his brothers) containing Arabic texts (10th/11th century) – Coptic […]
Nea Paphos Nea Pafos Malutene Maloutena Most interesting finds: – Buildings with beautiful figural mosaics depicting Theseus in the labyrinth, Achilles’ bath, Poseidon and Amphitrite, armed Aphrodite, three Horae (goddesses of the seasons), mythological scenes in the triclinium of the House of Aion – Wall paintings from the House of Aion depicting Apollo and the […]
Nemrik 9 Most interesting finds: – Complete plan of an Early Neolithic settlement with furnished houses preserved – Prehistoric (Early Neolithic) settlement – Late Bronze Age rural settlement – Stone Neolithic sculptures (one of the oldest examples of figurative art) – Mitanni buildings and pottery (including a unique jar with painted decoration of goats feeding […]
Palmyra Palmira, Tadmor Most interesting finds: – Temple of Allat (1st–4th century AD) and two main sculptures: the statue of Athena and the low-relief sculpture of a lion-guard – Principia – headquarters of the Roman army with the so-called Temple of the Standards – Underground tombs (hypogea) of Zabda and Alaine with perfectly preserved funerary […]
Saqqara Most interesting finds: – tomb of Merefnebef – tomb of Nyankhnefertem – tomb of Ichi – Dry Moat – Upper Necropolis History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 1987, 1996–2024 (the research was continued without the participation of PCMA UW) Type of research: Excavations, epigraphical, anthropological and conservation works Directors: Karol Myśliwiec (1987; […]
Tell Abu Hafur Most interesting finds: – Relics of domestic architecture from the Early Dynastic period on the main tell and from the Mitanni and Neo-Assyrian periods on the eastern tell – Pottery from different periods History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1988–1990 Type of research: Salvage excavations Project directors: Maria Krogulska (first season) […]
Tell Atrib Ancient Egyptian Hut-ta-heri-ib(.t) Greek Athribis Coptic Athrebi/Atrepe Most interesting finds: Kom A: – Remains of two temples from the Late Period (Taharqa, Twenty-fifth dynasty, and Amasis, Twenty-sixth dynasty) – Limestone funerary stele of a woman called Anch-ren from the Late Period – Large Roman bath complex from the Julio-Claudian period, rebuilt during the […]
Tell Djassa el-Gharbi Tell Jassa (el-Gharbi) Tell Jassas Most interesting finds: – Well-preserved architectural remains – Lead figurine of Ishtar(?) History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1988–1990 Type of research: Salvage excavations Project directors: Maria Krogulska (first season) Piotr Bieliński Partners: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw – Directorate […]