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, […]
Peeters Publishers has released the next volume of the Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology series. It is a monograph authored by Robert Mahler of the PCMA UW focused on the analysis of bioarchaeological data from the cemetery at the Kom el-Dikka site in Alexandria, Egypt. The book is available in Open Access. The volume is […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) calls for applications for PCMA Scholarships for research in Egypt. The scholarships have been awarded since the 1990s, with funds allocated by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA). The research must be related to the archaeology or history of Egypt or neighboring […]
The annual conference on Polish archaeological research in Egypt and Sudan will be held on June 20th-22nd. Over the three days of the conference, 30 papers will be delivered, most of which will present latest research results The conference will be held in a hybrid mode, at the UW Department of Archaeology (room 2.12) and […]
During an official visit to Egypt, the Polish Presidential Couple met with the Polish community in Cairo and with archaeologists from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (PCMA UW). President Andrzej Duda thanked them for their commitment to representing Polish science abroad. During the ceremony, representatives of the Polish community […]
Results of the latest excavation season in Berenike, Egypt, have been announced. Among their highlights is a tomb with coral walls and floors and intact burials with rich grave goods excavated by a team from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology. Berenike is located in the Eastern Desert, on the Red Sea coast. This port […]
The Director of the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo invites to a lecture by Dr. Maria Carmela Gatto “The BORDERSCAPE project Egyptian state formation and the changing socio-spatial landscape of the First Cataract in the 4th and 3rd millennia BCE”. Abstract: “The talk introduces a new research project established at the Institute of Mediterranean […]
The next edition of the conference on Polish archaeological research along the Nile Valley will take place on 20-22 June 2022. The conference “Poles on the Nile” is co-organized by the Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The […]
The call for papers is now open for the conference “Living in the house: researching the domestic life in ancient Egypt and Sudan” which will take place in Cairo in November 2022. The event is organized by the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale and the Research Center in Cairo of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo held another seminar of PCMA scholarship-holders. Two lectures were presented during the meeting. Urszula Laska, MA, talked on the subject: “Necropoles in Greco-Roman Egypt. Preliminary results”. Abstract; “Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultural traditions blended during the Graeco-Roman period. This is evidenced by the example of the funeral architecture […]