The Institut français d’archéologie orientale and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw are jointly organizing an international conference entitled: Meeting the Other: Transfers and cultural interactions around the Nile Valley. The conference will take place in Cairo, in a hybrid format from Saturday, 27th to Wednesday, 31th March 2021. The event has […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo continues the series of seminars during which the holders of PCMA scholarships (Stypendium CAŚ) can present the results of their research. The forthcoming one will feature two presentations. Urszula Laska will give a talk “Traditions of Egyptian Funeral Art in Roman Egypt. Introduction to the research”, and Mieszko […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo keeps up the tradition of seminars during which the holders of PCMA scholarships (Stypendium CAŚ) can present the results of their research. The latest in the series will be a presentation by Alicja Jurgielewicz on the subject: “The Gebelein textile – reconstruction and interpretation”. Abstract: “The Gebelein textile […]
The PCMA Scholarship Committee has announced additional recruitment for the PCMA Scholarship (Stypendium CAŚ). Those willing to spend one or several months in Egypt between April and the end of September 2021 can submit their application by March 19th. The scholarships have been awarded on the recommendation of PCMA UW since the 1990s, and their […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo organized another lecture for expedition members and scholarship holders residing in the Centre. DR. Patryk Chudzik presented on the subject of “The latest discoveries in the Middle Kingdom tombs of the North Asasif necropolis”. The North Asasif necropolis is located in the heart of Western Thebes, next to […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo operates despite the limitations resulting from the pandemic. Lectures and seminars are organized for the benefit of the expedition members and scholarship holders residing in the Centre. On Wednesday (3 February) Dr. Joan Oller Guzmán presented a lecture: “Emerald mining in Wadi Sikait: results of the 2021 season”. […]
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During a ceremony in the gardens of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Cairo Dr. Khaled El-Enany, and Dr. Zahi Hawass, were awarded Officer’s Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland for their distinguished contributions to Egyptian-Polish cooperation in the field of archaeology and tourism. H.E. Dr. Khaled El-Enany […]
The Scientific Council of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw approved the changes at the helm of two PCMA UW expeditions in Egypt: in Berenike and Naqlun. Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda (Faculty of Archeology, University of Warsaw) took over co-directing the Berenike Project on behalf of the PCMA UW. He replaced […]
The PCMA UW and the IFAO have the pleasure to announce an international conference, entitled “Meeting the Other: Transfers and cultural interactions around the Nile Valley”. The event will be organized by the current PCMA-Ifao Post-Doc, Dr. Elena Panaite, who is calling for papers for the conference, scheduled to take place in Cairo in March […]
The Egyptian delegation was headed by H.E. Khaled El-Enany, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities. The Minister met with Prof. Alojzy Nowak, Rector of the University of Warsaw, Dr. Anna Budzanowska, Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the heads of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw and of […]
At the latest meeting of the PCMA UW Scientific Council a new Director of the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo was appointed. In the upcoming term the position will be held by Assoc. Prof. Anna Wodzińska. Assoc. Prof. Anna Wodzińska’s scientific interests have been connected with Egypt for many years. She headed the Department of […]