A find by a Polish-American archaeological expedition working in Berenike (Egypt) has been named among 10 most exciting discoveries of 2023 in Near Eastern archaeology by the American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR) Newsletter. The object in question is a Buddha statue from the 1st/2nd century CE found in the courtyard of the city’s main […]
We are pleased to announce that the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Szymon Maślak, our colleague from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, took place on Wednesday, 13 December 2023. The thesis subject is “Traditional brick architecture in Late Antique and Medieval Egypt. Production and use of brick based on […]
Assoc. Prof. Artur Obłuski the director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw received the UW Rector’s Award. The award-giving ceremony took place on 11th December in the Kazimierzowski Palace on the Main Campus. The Rector’s Awards are given annually for research, teaching and organisational achievements or for a professionalof achievement. This […]
The prominent ‘Archaeology’ magazine has published its Top 10 list of the most significant discoveries of 2023. It features paintings from Old Dongola (Sudan), discovered by an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw headed by Prof. Artur Obłuski. Old Dongola (Tungul) was the capital of Makuria, one of […]
In the latest edition of the National Science Centre competitions, a project submitted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw was selected for funding. Prof. Tomasz Derda (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) received a grant for his project “«Marea»/Philoxenite on Lake Mareotis – A Late Antique Ideal City and Pilgrimage […]
The ceremony to present the UW Rector’s Teaching Awards and the Rector’s Distinctions was held on November 15, 2023. Among the employees of the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Dr. Mariusz Drzewiecki and Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda received the Distinction. Dr. Mariusz Drzewiecki and Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda, employees of the Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, […]
Dr. Francisco Núñez Calvo from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, has been awarded a grant from the Honor Frost Foundation. This grant will facilitate an investigation into the palaeoenvironment of Tyre, Lebanon, during the Bronze Age. The research project is closely linked to the collaborative efforts of a multidisciplinary team from […]
The National Science Centre of Poland has announced the fourth list of recepients of its Miniatura 7 grants. Dr. Patryk Chudzik from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw is among those awarded. His project “Burial customs in ancient Egypt at the end of the Third millennium BCE. A case study of the […]
Dr. Marcin Kotyl from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, has been awarded a research fellowship from the Bekker NAWA Programme for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Cologne. As part of the fellowship, Dr. Kotyl will work on his project “Musical instruments in Graeco-Roman Egypt: A papyrological and archeological […]
PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and Institut français d’archéologie orientale awarded their fifth joint Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The new Fellow will be Dr. Cristina Alù. As part of the scholarship, she will organize a conference “Place-making in the desertscape: the socialization of the Egyptian-Sudanese Eastern Desert landscape in the longue durée (4th millennium BCE–4th century […]
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Artur Obłuski, director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology UW, has been appointed associate professor by the University Senate’s resolution of June 29, 2023. Prof. Artur Obłuski, PhD, has been the director of the PCMA UW since 2020, having served as acting director for the previous two […]
Dr. Anastasiia Stupko-Lubczynska from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw received the Antiquity Prize. She was recognized for her article on the organization of work of ancient Egyptian artists who carved the wall reliefs in the Chapel of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari published in Antiquity in 2022. Antiquity, a Cambridge Core journal […]