In the 2nd circular of the “Poles in the Near East” archaeological conference (June 9-11, 2021) the organizers are still calling for papers to be submitted to the main sessions. We would also like to announce the subjects of the discussion panels. The deadline for submissions has been extended to May 10. Since its establishment […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw will host the 15th International Conference for Nubian Studies. The event will take place from August 29th to September 4th, 2022. Every four years the conference brings together archaeologists, epigraphists, historians, and other scholars working on the ancient and modern history of Sudan and Nubia, from […]
The fifth edition of the Sudan Studies conference will be held in Warsaw. This international scientific meeting is organized each year in a different country that conducts research in this part of Africa. The conference is organized by the University of Durham, and its Warsaw edition will be co-organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean […]
After a one-year break, we invite you yet again to take part in the archaeological conference Poles in the Near East. Its fifth edition is planned to take place online on 9–11 June, 2021. The conference is organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw and the Chair of the Archaeology […]
The PCMA UW and the IFAO have the pleasure to announce an international conference, entitled “Meeting the Other: Transfers and cultural interactions around the Nile Valley”. The event will be organized by the current PCMA-Ifao Post-Doc, Dr. Elena Panaite, who is calling for papers for the conference, scheduled to take place in Cairo in March […]
A seminar on the harbor town of Berenice on the Red Sea will be held at the PCMA UW and on-line. A series of presentations will highlight the results of the latest season of fieldwork that took place in the Winter of 2020. The participants will discuss their research on animal burials (see also: Roman […]
On behalf of the archaeological expedition in Marea, we invite you to participate in the second edition of a conference on the archaeological research at this site. The archaeological site known as “Marea” is located on the Hawwariya Peninsula on the southern shore of Lake Mareotis, 45 km west of Alexandria. Since 2000, an archaeological […]
PCMA Research Centre in Cairo and Institut français d’archéologie orientale (IFAO) co-organized an international conference “Stone canvas: towards a better integration of ‘rock art’ and ‘graffiti’ studies in Egypt and Sudan” . The conference finished on 12th of November at the IFAO. Twenty-nine talks, covering the subject of rock art and graffiti from various periods […]
The organizers of the “Stone Canvas” conference have the pleasure of announcing a keynote lecture accompanying the conference: “Stone Canvases, Rock Palettes, and the Minds of the Ancient Egyptians” by Prof. John C. Darnell (Yale University). Abstract: For over a quarter of a century, the work of the Theban Desert Road Survey and the Elkab […]
PCMA Research Centre in Cairo and Institut français d’archéologie orientale (IFAO) have the pleasure of inviting to the international conference STONE CANVAS: TOWARDS A BETTER INTEGRATION OF ‘ROCK ART’ AND ‘GRAFFITI’ STUDIES IN EGYPT AND SUDAN. It will be held in Cairo on 10th–12th November 2019. The IFAO and the PCMA are organising a joint […]
Team of ERC Starting Grant „UMMA – Urban Metamorphosis of the community of a Medieval African capital city” holds a workshop to summarize the results of the first fieldwork season. In the 2018–2019 season, PCMA UW mission spent four months at Old Dongola. The primary focus of their fieldwork was on localizing and investigating the […]
The organizers of the “Poles in the Near East” archaeological conference have the pleasure of announcing a guest lecture accompanying the conference. Dr Francisco J. Núñez will present the results of over 20 years of excavations in Tyre, Lebanon. Dr Núñez specializes in the study of Levantine pottery from the Iron and late Bronze Age. […]