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 […]
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 […]
A one-day workshop will present the results of 30 years of research in the monastery in Naqlun on the outskirts of the Fayum Oasis in Egypt. The themes of the presentations will cover various aspects of the mission’s work – from archaeology, through anthropology and epigraphy, to conservation of the discovered structures and artifacts. The […]
We have the pleasure of inviting to three exhibitions related to this year’s jubilees associated with Polish–Egyptian cooperation. The events are co-organized by the Department of the Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia (Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw), the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, the University of Warsaw Museum and the Herhor […]
We have the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture by Dr Eustathios Raptou from the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus. The lecture “Necropoleis of Nea Paphos. Recent excavations of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus” is open to the public. It will take place on 13 March 2017 at 3.00 p.m. in the Institute […]
We have the pleasure of announcing the second Kazimierz Michałowski Memorial Lecture, which will be held in Cairo under the auspices of H.E. Prof. Khaled El-Anany, Minister of Antiquities. Prof. Stuart Tyson Smith will give a talk on the Egyptian–Nubian Entanglement. Egypt’s New Kingdom Empire and the Nubian Dynasty. Kazimierz Michałowski Memorial Lectures is a […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo has the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture from the PolAr lecture series (Polish Archaeology in Mediterranean) by Prof. Eman Khalifa Ceramology in Egypt. The First 120 Years which will be held at 6 p.m., on Thursday, 15th of December, 2016 at the Research Centre in Cairo 11, Mahalla St., Heliopolis. Abstrakt Petrie gave […]