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 […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology and the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw have the pleasure of inviting to a lecture on the current developments in archaeological research in Jordan. The lecture: “Archaeology in Jordan: Activities of the Department of Antiquity, Ministry of Tourism and Archaeology, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan” by Dr. Aktham Oweidi, […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo hosted a special event: an Introductory Course of Old Nubian. The two-week-long workshop was co-organized by the Institut français d’archéologie orientale and PCMA RC in Cairo, in co-operation with Fayoum University. The courses were held in turn at the IFAO and the PCMA and attended by over a […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo invites to an open lecture: Alwan Nubian and Alphabetic Writing in the Medieval Sudan by Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei, a specialist in the Old Nubian language who is currently teaching it during a workshop co-organized by the Institut français d’archéologie orientale and the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. About […]
We are happy to invite you to another PCMA Seminar, this time devoted to the presentation of a new direction in PCMA research – the Tigray region in Ethiopia.. A presentation entitled The PCMA in Tigray (Ethiopia): The Debre Gergis archaeological site and PCMA research perspectives will be given by Dr. Michela Gaudiello, the leader of […]
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. […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo invites to an open lecture: Recent ethnohistorical research on the archaeological site of Kwiha in Tigray, from the Gembela-Hypothesis to the history of the Be’algada – a Mekelle University project by Wolbert G.C. Smidt. Abstract: The archaeological site of Kwiha is known to scholars since the early 20th century, […]
Dr Hisham el-Leithy serves as an Undersecretary of State for Documentation in the Ministry of Antiquities of Egypt. His lecture at the University of Warsaw concerned the activities of his institution: „The activities of the Documentation Centre. The past, the present, and the future”. He also answered some questions regarding the Documentation Centre’s work in […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo invites to an open lecture: Humans and Their Environment: Investigating the Collapse of the Kushite Kingdom of Meroe, Sudan by Dr Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin, Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Warsaw. The collapse of the once-powerful and prosperous Kushite Kingdom of Meroe (c. 300 BC – AD 350) […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo invites to an open lecture: Recent Discoveries at Qubbet el-Hawa by Prof. Martin Bommas, Director of the Museum of Ancient Cultures and Director of the Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Abstract: In 2016, the Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project started at a site below the upper […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo invites to an open lecture: “The Power of the Apostles in Egypt and Nubia. New Comments on Mediaeval Wall Paintings” by Magdalena Łaptaś (Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw). Abstract: The twelve Apostles were chosen by Christ as his disciples. The number twelve had special meaning as, after the […]
An open lecture “Feasts Fit for Pharaohs: Food and Drink in Ancient Egypt” by Prof. Salima Ikram, Distinguished Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo will be held on the occasion of “The International Conference on Food and Drink in Egypt and Sudan Throughout History”, focusing on the continuity and innovations that have […]