At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Joanna Ciesielska will give a lecture: “Living in a medieval metropolis: an introduction into isotopic landscape of Soba”. Abstract: [in Polish] Soba, stolica średniowiecznego królestwa Alwy (Sudan) pomiędzy VI a XVI wiekiem n.e., znajduje się na wschodnim brzegu Nilu […]
The PCMA Seminar series will host Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka (PCMA UW) and Dr. Daria Elagina (Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, Universität Hamburg) with a talk entitled “Stranded in Dongola, Sudan. A 16th-century account of the Ethiopian monk Takla Alfa, reconsidered”. Abstract: “Information on 16th-century Sudan is scarce, and first-hand accounts of travelers […]
We are very sorry to inform you that for reasons beyond our control, the talk by Dr. Artur Obłuski at the PCMA Seminar on Thursday 20th April had to be cancelled. This April, the PCMA Seminar will host a talk by Dr. Artur Obłuski who will present the preliminary results of his research project in […]
The PCMA Seminar series will host a talk (in Polish) by Dr. Łukasz Miszk, entitled “What would Indiana Jones say about the streets of Nea Paphos”. The presentation is related to an ongoing project investigating the spatial layout of Nea Paphos in Cyprus. Abstract: “Indiana Jones, uttering the phrase ” If it’s truth you’re looking […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, dr hab. Kamil Kuraszkiewicz (Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW) will give a lecture: “Pharaoh’s Immortality Machine. Funerary complex of Netjerykhet and ancient Egyptian concepts of afterlife”. Abstract: The Step Pyramid Complex, built ca. 2650 BCE at Saqqara (Egypt) as a […]
The next PCMA Seminar will focus on a child burial discovered at Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria. Epigrapher Prof. Adam Łukaszewicz (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw), bioarchaeologist Dr. Robert Mahler and archaeologist and director of excavations Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek will present various aspects of this unique find. Abstract: ” A vessel containing the burial of […]
There is another chance to hear the lecture by Dr. Matthew Adams “More than a Valley of the Kings: Abydos in Early Egypt”. It will be held online as part of an event co-organized by the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and the Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia of the Faculty of […]
The next PCMA Seminar will host a talk by Mari Yamasaki related to her Polonez-Bis grant project. Her presentation is entitled “Underwater realms – imagining and conceptualizing the sea as a three-dimensional space”. Abstract: “The study of ancient ‘spaces’ (domestic, public, ritual, political…) has always been a cornerstone of archaeological research in both a quantitative […]
We are sorry to inform you that today’s KaMMEel lecture had to be cancelled. However, you will be able to attend the lecture by Dr. Matthew Adams at an online seminar organized by the Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia of the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw on 21st March at 4:45 pm […]
The Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw organizes a webinar on the theme of “Power, Space, Culture”. The full day of presentations will end with a round-table discussion. The webinar’s program includes an international line-up of speakers. They will discuss cases from Africa and the Near East. The webinar will take place […]
Prof. Martina Seifert will present an open lecture “Cities and Harbours. Non-invasive research in Archaeology at the University of Hamburg”. Abstract: “Since 2012, the University of Hamburg has a teaching and research focus in the field of non-invasive fieldwork and prospecting. In recent years, a digital research environment has been increasingly developed for these projects. […]
The first of this year’s PCMA Seminars will host a talk (in Polish) by Dr. Kamila Nocoń: “Middle and Late Roman cooking pottery from Nea Paphos. New data on old pottery”. Abstract: “The presentation aims to present an ongoing project on the production and consumption of Middle and Late Roman cooking pottery from Nea Paphos. […]