The conference “Poles on the Nile: the 2015/2016 season” organized at the University of Warsaw Institute of Archaeology by the Department of the Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia in cooperation with the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw will gather archaeologists and scholars from associated fields of studies, working on sites […]
After an initial reconnaissance in early April 2016, conservators and archaeologists from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw returned to Palmyra in May to resume work on the rescue conservation of objects in the Palmyra Museum. The work was undertaken by conservators Bartosz Markowski, and Krzysztof Jurków and archaeologists, Tomasz Waliszewski, PCMA […]
Kazimierz Michałowski Memorial Lectures is a new series of lectures organized by the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities to commemorate the life of Kazimierz Michałowski, a pioneer of Polish archaeological research in Egypt and the founder of Polish Mediterranean archaeology. The series is on the bicentennial of […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo has the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture by dr Pamela Rose: Recent discoveries at Hisn al-Bab The lecture will be held on 4th May, 2016 at 6:00 pm in the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo, 11, Mahallah St., Heliopolis, Cairo.
Organizing the exhibition “Endangered Heritage. Syria and Iraq in the research of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology” we expected to be telling the story of our excavation and conservation projects suspended in 2011 with the advent of the Syrian civil war. The takeover of Palmyra from the Daesh by government forces a few days […]
Specialists representing the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw have just returned from Palmyra (Syria). They were there on a reconnesaince to assess the damage to ancient monuments, especially those once excavated and conserved by a Polish archaeological mission. They will relate their experience during a press conference which will be held at […]
On 21–22 of April 2016, the University of Warsaw will host an international conference “Life in Palmyra, life for Palmyra”. It is co-organized by the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw and the Zygmunt Zaleski Foundation, in cooperation with the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The conference program features presentations of over […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo has the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture by Mariusz Jucha and Grzegorz Bąk-Pryc Tell el-Murra. New discoveries at the 4th–3rd millennium BC site in the Nile Delta The lecture will be held on 7th April 2016 at 6:00 pm in the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo, 11, […]
The conference, co-organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology and the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, will accompany the exhibition, extending the themes of the presentation for the general public. It will consist of two main thematic blocks, specifically designed to bring different levels of knowledge to an interested viewership. Special session: “Endangered […]
Palmyra in Syria, Hatra and Nimrud in Iraq – these names have been appearing lately across news headlines throughout the world. They are names of ancient cities that have fallen victim of the current crisis in the Middle East. Along with many other archaeological sites in Syria and Iraq these cities were investigated by PCMA […]
Last Friday, 18th March 2016, Polish archaeologists welcomed H.E. Ibrahim Ghandour, the Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs to the University of Warsaw. After a visit to the Faras Gallery in the National Museum of Warsaw, the Minister joined Polish specialists working in Sudan at a meeting in the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The […]
The PCMA Research Centre in Cairo has the pleasure of inviting you to a lecture by Piotr Osypiński: The sacral complex of the pastoral cultures of the Eastern Desert at the end of the 5th millennium BC in Wadi Khashab The lecture has been rescheduled to 21st March 2016 at 8:00 pm in the PCMA […]