Seasonal Greetings
To all friends and colleagues of the PCMA UW and their families, we wish a healthy, joyful, and peaceful holiday season, as well as prosperity in all personal and professional endeavors in the upcoming year of 2026.
RC in Cairo News
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: The History of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in the light of recent excavation in the Hathor Cult Complex
On Sunday, December 7th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr. Patryk Chudzik (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) will deliver a lecture: “The History of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari in the light of recent excavation in the Hathor Cult Complex”. Abstract: The great rock […]
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change
On Monday, December 1st, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr Abdelrahman Medhat (Egyptian Museum in Cairo) will deliver a lecture: “Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change: Advancing Insight into the Risks Facing Egyptian Cultural Heritage Sites”. Abstract: Egypt’s cultural heritage stands among the most extraordinary legacies of human civilisation—yet it is […]
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: The mediaeval cemetery at Kom el-Dikka (Alexandria)
On Sunday, November 23rd, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr. Robert Mahler (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) will deliver a lecture: “The mediaeval cemetery at Kom el-Dikka (Alexandria): A revised chronology of graves”. Abstract: Establishing the chronology of the excavated features is essential for every archaeological […]
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Exploring Egypt Seminar: “Negotiating local and Egyptological Histories” at PCMA Research Centre in Cairo
The next session of the Exploring Egypt Seminar is scheduled for November 17th at the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo. The seminars are co-organized by Ifao, DAIK, CAI, NVIC and the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo. The series explores various aspects of producing historical knowledge on Egypt, focusing on how Egypt’s history has been written, narrated, […]
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Call for Papers: Perceptions of health in the Nile Valley
The call for papers has been announced for the international conference “Perceptions of Health in the Nile Valley: The Social and Cultural Dimension of Healing Practice in the Egyptian Context from Antiquity to the Middle Ages (4th Millennium BCE – 16th Century CE)”. The conference will take place in Cairo in the spring of 2026. […]
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Berenike of the Blemmyes
The PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo with a speech by Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda (PCMA UW). He will deliver a presentation: “Berenike of the Blemmyes: Archaeological Insights into a Post-Nomadic Community”. Abstract: The Egyptian Eastern Desert is most commonly examined in the context of expansion by populations associated with […]
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Hyksos tombs, Ramesside fortresses, Third Intermediate Period town
On Monday, October 27th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr. hab. Sławomir Rzepka (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) will deliver a presentation: Hyksos tombs, Ramesside fortresses, Third Intermediate Period town – Tell el-Retaba after two decades of research of the Polish-Slovak Archaeological Mission. Since 2007 Polish-Slovak Archaeological Mission carries […]
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Wandering through the Lands of Wonders
On Sunday, October 19th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Izabela Uchman (Cairo-based Polish artist and conservator) will deliver a lecture entitled: “Wandering through the Lands of Wonders.” The talk presents “Wandering through the Lands of Wonders”—an artistic project shaped by three decades of work across the Middle […]
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PCMA Symposium: Medicine and museums
PCMA Research Centre in Cairo will host the symposium “Medicine and museums: History and challenges of medical collections in Cairo”. The symposium is organized by the PCMA-IFAO fellow, Dr. Gabriele Mario Conte. Abstract: Medicine and the art of healing occupy an important place in museum exhibitions dedicated to ancient and modern civilizations, as they are […]
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Modern Arab Art in Poland?
On Wednesday, September 24th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr. Magdalena Pinker (Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW, National Museum in Warsaw) will deliver a lecture entitled: “Modern Arab Art in Poland? Discovering Unexpected Paintings at the National Museum in Warsaw.” Abstract: Although modern and contemporary Arab painting is […]
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminars: Wine, Fish, and Salt
In September, the new PCMA UW Cairo Seminars will begin at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo, featuring Dr. Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (PCMA UW, MNW) as the first speaker. She will deliver a presentation: “Wine, Fish, and Salt: Economic Lifeways of the Fayum from Late Antiquity to the Medieval Period”. This lecture series presents the […]