The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo organised two lectures of PCMA scholarship-holders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the events remain closed to the public. Mieszko Karnas, The Ptolemaic school textbook P. Cairo 65445 in the light of educational practices in the Graeco-Roman world. Cairo 65445 is a unique school textbook from the 3rd century […]
A guest lecture by Dr Elena Panaite, pursuing a PCMA-IFAO post-doctoral fellowship, was held at the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo. The lecture Tracing the foreign people in Ancient Egyptian society through textual sources accompanied the meeting of the series “Seminar of PCMA scholarship-holders”. Due to the epidemic situation, this event was also only […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo organised another lecture of PCMA scholarship-holders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the events remain closed to the public. Łukasz Suski, The Autopsy, the Nil and the Romans… And Cinderella (?) – Egypt Shown in the Seventeenth Strabo’s Geography Book: Abstract Strabo was an extraordinary thinker due to his […]
Presentations in the PCMA Seminar series will continue this November with Dr. Paweł Polkowski’s talk: “Dakhleh Oasis: The last 10 years of rock art research”. Dr. Paweł Polkowski of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) and the Archaeological Museum in Poznań has led the Dakhleh Oasis Project Petroglyph Unit, working […]
We are sorry to have to cancel Dr. Piotr Makowski’s talk at the PCMA Seminar due to unforeseen personal circumstances. We hope to be able to organize it at a later date. Dr. Piotr Makowski’s lecture “Towards a better understanding of the chronological and geographical distribution patterns of plain and painted handmade wares in Bilād […]
The PCMA Seminar series hosted a talk by Dr. Robert Stark “Isotopes? What are they about”. It was an introductory presentation, aimed at PCMA UW staff, on the use of isotopes in bioarchaeological analyses. This presentation was intended to familiarize researchers with what isotope research entails and how this methodology can be integrated into archaeological […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo organised another lecture of PCMA scholarship-holders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the events remain closed to the public. Dr. Joanna Wilamowska talked about the ethnic composition of temple personnel in Ptolemaic Fayum: Abstract: “Priests occupied a privileged position in Ptolemaic Egypt. Research on this group significantly contributes to […]
Dr. Michele Buzon of Purdue University will present two talks at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, focusing on bioarchaeology in Nubia and the use of stable isotopes to trace mobility in the past. Dr. Buzon is collaborating with Dr. Robert Stark of the PCMA UW on an isotope project involving the site of […]
At the first PCMA Seminar this October, Rosemarie Klemm will present a lecture on the work she conducted with the late Dietrich Klemm on the “Ancient gold mining in the Eastern Deserts of Egypt and Nubia/Sudan”. For many years, Rosemarie and Dietrich Klemm explored over 200 previously unknown gold deposits in extensive field expeditions, both […]
After a holiday break, the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo resumed presentations of research projects by PCMA scholarship holders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the events remain closed to the public. Aleksandra Jaszczurowska, “Rock-cut tombs of Old Kingdom officials”: Abstract: “For us, tombs, wall scenes, inscriptions, and remains of tomb furnishings, which were fortunately […]
Researchers from Harvard University and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) undertook training in methods for sampling skeletal materials to conduct ancient DNA analyses (aDNA). The training session, which took place from August 29th to September 5th, was part of the first stage of the larger National Geographic Society (NGS) […]
During the forthcoming “PCMA Seminar” Dr. Tomasz Michalik will present a talk entitled “Looking at the Past. The eye-tracking method in archaeological research”. Abstract: “Sight is one of the most important human senses. It plays a key role in everyday life, but is also crucial in scientific work, e.g. during the analysis of archaeological data. […]