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 […]
Tourists can now visit more monuments investigated and restored by PCMA UW expedition in Egypt: the Northern and Southern Room of Amun on the Upper Terrace of the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari and the Tomb of Meru at the necropolis of North Asasif. The Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari (Western Thebes) served […]
The Director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw announces a competition for the position of an adjunct (post-doc) in the project “(Reading) African Palimpsest. The dynamics of urban and rural communities of Numidian and Roman Mustis (AFRIPAL)”, NCN nr 2020/37/B/HS3/00348-OPUS 19. A postdoctoral researcher specialising in the study of Roman urbanism […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo invites to a lecture by Prof. Jacek Kabaciński “Gebel Ramlah. Hunter-gatherers and pastoralists on the Egyptian Western Desert”. It will be part of the Kazimierz Michałowski Memorial Lecture series. The Kazimierz Michałowski Memorial Lecture Series (KaMMeL) is organized by the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo to commemorate the […]
This Holiday Season we wish you peace, joy and hope for the coming New Year of 2023.
In the latest edition of the National Science Centre competitions, two projects submitted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw were selected for funding. Dr. Robert Stark received a grant in the OPUS 23 competition, while Jerzy M. Oleksiak was awarded a PRELUDIUM 21 grant. Dr Robert Stark’s project “Life […]
“Living in the house: researching the domestic life in ancient Egypt and Sudan” conference will take place from 27th till 30th November 2022. It will be held in hybrid form, in Cairo and online. The papers will focus on settlement archaeology in ancient Egypt and Sudan in its multi- and interdisciplinary aspects. The conference is organized […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Magdalena Pinker (Oriental Studies Department UW) and Dr. Mariusz Drzewiecki (PCMA UW) will give a talk on their project: “Symbolism of the gates of Cairo”. Abstract: “The aim of this talk is to present the results of the first […]
In October, the second edition of PCMA Seminars focuses on methodologies and practice of collaborative archaeology with case studies from Italy, Egypt and Poland. The second lecture in the “Heritage Month” series will be “Learning by doing: engaging with communities through heritage in Egypt” presented by Dr. Fatma Keshk ( Institut français d’archéologie orientale – […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Anna Wodzińska, head of the PCMA Research Station in Cairo, will give a talk “Archaeometric Research in Egypt”. Abstract: “Traditional archaeology is based on field research, documentation of the excavated finds and descritpion of their historical background. Although this […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo held another seminar of PCMA scholarship-holders. Two lectures were presented during the meeting. Alicja Kaczmarek talked on the subject: “Moral philosophy according to Al-Ghazzali” Abstract: Al-Ghazali was one of the most important philosophers and theologians of Islam. He influenced greatly the views of Sunnis, Shiites and Sufis. To […]
The preliminary program has been announced of the conference “Living in the house: researching the domestic life in ancient Egypt and Sudan”. The conference is organized in Cairo by Dr. Fatma Keshk, the current Ifao-PCMA PostDoc fellow, on behalf of the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, […]