The Director of the PCMA, Prof. Tomasz Waliszewski has been awarded the Clio prize of the first degree for his book Elaion. Olive Oil Production in Roman and Byzantine Syria–Palestine. The prize is awarded by the Rector of the University of Warsaw for the best publications of scholars from the university’s Faculty of History. The […]
The fiftieth anniversary of Polish archaeological research in Nea Paphos on Cyprus will be marked with a conference “Nea Paphos. 50 years of Polish excavations 1965–2015” organized by the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures PAS in cooperation with the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, UW. Several papers will be presented in four thematic sessions […]
We are happy to inform that yet another research grant proposal submitted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw has received funding from the National Science Centre. Preludium 9 – Marek Woźniak (MA): „From military base to international emporium: the nature and functioning of the Hellenistic port of Berenike on the Red […]
Exhibition “Polish excavations at Marea in Egypt 2000–2014” presenting the results of 15 seasons of archaeological investigations at the site opened in the Alexandria National Museum. The exhibition was organized by the Archaeological Museum in Krakow and the Polish Embassy in Cairo in cooperation with the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The […]
Polish archaeological mission finished its first archaeological reconnaissance in north-western Oman. It was an introduction to a four-year long Omani–Polish research project in the micro-region of Qumayrah. The project is a cooperation between the Department of Excavations and Archaeological Studies, Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, […]
In one of the newly renovated rooms of the lower floor of the house at Mahalla, a new reading room was arranged. Researchers, students and scholarship holders wishing to peruse the Research Center’s book collection gained a quiet and comfortable place to work. The reading room is dedicated to the memory of Krystyna Polaczek, a […]
Next year Krakow will host the annual Current Research in Egyptology conference, which provides a forum for young researchers in the fields of Egyptology and the archaeology of Egypt and Sudan from prehistory till the Islamic period. Submissions of papers and posters will be accepted until November 30th. Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) is a […]
Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Grzegorz Schetyna awarded Dr Zbigniew Szafrański of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw, longtime director of the institution’s Research Center in Cairo, the honorary „Bene Merito” distinction for his role in promoting Poland and Polish Mediterranean archaeology abroad. Polish Ambasador in Cairo, Michał Murkociński decorated Dr. Szafrański […]
At the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland we have been hosting a visit by Mr Sarkis El Khoury, the General Director in the Directorate General of Antiquities, in the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lebanon, and Ms Myriam Ziyade, the Director of the DGA in the […]
The Editors of the annual Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (PAM) are calling for papers for the 25th volume, which is scheduled to appear by the end of 2016. The journal is published by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw in cooperation with the University of Warsaw Press. The volume will consist […]
In view of repeated acts of terror and growing tension in Egypt, in keeping with recommendations from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, advises directors of archaeological missions to refrain from undertaking work in Egypt starting from September 2015 until further notice. It is the responsibility […]
The Interdisciplinary conference to be held in Wrocław on the 17–18 September will gather over 50 specialists in archaeology, architecture and epigraphy of the Greco-Roman period. The results of their research will be presented in 34 papers and several posters. Over a dozen of the presentations will concern sites investigated by PCMA expeditions, mainly in […]