In the latest edition of the National Science Centre competitions, a project submitted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw was selected for funding. Prof. Tomasz Derda (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) received a grant for his project “«Marea»/Philoxenite on Lake Mareotis – A Late Antique Ideal City and Pilgrimage […]
The Polish Embassy in Cairo, in collaboration with the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, hosted the International Day of Archaeology on Thursday, October 26th. The event was attended by a diverse group of representatives from MoTA, UNESCO, universities (including Ain Shams, Cairo University, and American University in Cairo), the diplomatic corps, government […]
Dr. Hisham Elleithy, Undersecretary of the Supreme Council of Antiquities at the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt paid a visit to the University of Warsaw. He came to Warsaw at the invitation of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. Dr. Hisham Elleithy is an archaeologist and Egyptologist, as well as […]
The organizers of an international conference “Place-making in the desertscape: the socialisation of the Egyptian-Sudanese Eastern Desert landscape in the longue durée (4th millennium BCE–4th century CE)” are calling for submissions of conference papers. The conference will take place in Cairo from 27th to 30th April 2024 at the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale and the […]
On Tuesday, 17th of October, Dr. Hisham Elleithy will present a guest lecture at the University of Warsaw on the subject of “Thebes West: The Excavation, Restoration, and Site Management of the Tombs TT 416 and TT 417 at el-Khokha – Qurna”. Dr. Hisham Elleithy is an archaeologist and Egyptologist, director and co-director of several […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo invites to a lecture by Dr. Fatma Keshk, the 2022/23 PCMA-Ifao Fellowship holder. The talk, wihich will be held in hybrid form, is entitled: “Egyptian Houses through the lens of ethnography”. Dr. Keshk, who is based in Cairo, is a graduate of Leiden University, with a PhD from […]
The National Science Centre of Poland has announced the fourth list of recepients of its Miniatura 7 grants. Dr. Patryk Chudzik from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw is among those awarded. His project “Burial customs in ancient Egypt at the end of the Third millennium BCE. A case study of the […]
PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and Institut français d’archéologie orientale awarded their fifth joint Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The new Fellow will be Dr. Cristina Alù. As part of the scholarship, she will organize a conference “Place-making in the desertscape: the socialization of the Egyptian-Sudanese Eastern Desert landscape in the longue durée (4th millennium BCE–4th century […]
The annual “Poles on the Nile” conference on Polish archaeological research in Egypt and Sudan will be held on 21st–23rd June 2023 in hybrid mode. For the first time, all conference papers will be presented in English. The event is co-organized by the Department of Egyptian and Nubian Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology and the Department […]
This year, the annual “Poles on the Nile” conference on Polish archaeological research in Egypt and Sudan will feature a guest lecture by Maria Carmela Gatto of the Polish Academy of Sciences: “Recent research and discoveries in the First Nile Cataract region: A collaboration between the Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project AKAP and the BORDERSCAPE Project”. Abstract: […]
Dr. Robert Mahler of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw has been awarded a grant in the Sonata 18 competition. The National Science Center has assigned funding for his project “Muslim women in Fatimid Alexandria: Why did they die young? Biocultural factors in the change of living conditions for people buried at […]
The Institut français d’archéologie orientale (IFAO) and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) are calling for applications for a 16-months Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cairo. It is the fifth call for the joint IFAO–PCMA Fellowship program. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will be tasked with organizing an international Seminar/Workshop on a subject of […]