It is with a heavy heart and profound sorrow that we extend our condolences on the passing of Professor Ibrahim Musa Mohammed Hamdon (1953–2024), General Director of the Sudanese National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) and professor of archaeology at Neelain University. Professor Musa was not only a distinguished academic but also a leader […]
The research team of the ERC grant “UMMA: Urban Metamorphosis of the Community of a Medieval African Capital City” led by Prof. Artur Obłuski, is organizing workshops summarizing five years of research at the archaeological site in Old Dongola. Old Dongola is an important archaeological site, investigated by the team from the Polish Centre of […]
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 2024.
The prominent ‘Archaeology’ magazine has published its Top 10 list of the most significant discoveries of 2023. It features paintings from Old Dongola (Sudan), discovered by an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw headed by Prof. Artur Obłuski. Old Dongola (Tungul) was the capital of Makuria, one of […]
The next meeting of the “Pot Talks – A multidisciplinary approach to ceramics from the African area and beyond” series will be held in December. At the meeting, a paper about “The ceramics from the Northern Church in Old Dongola, revisited” will be presented by the organizer of this series – Dr. Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (Polish […]
On Saturday, October 21, 2023, the first Sudan Open Day was held in Warsaw. The Sudanese Community in Poland was the primary organizer of this event. During the ceremony, several Polish archaeologists were honored with diplomas, recognizing their extensive work in exploring Sudan’s heritage. Among the recipients were archaeologists from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean […]
Bioarchaeological research discovered a rare medieval religious tattoo from a burial near a medieval monastery in Sudan investigated by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW). This is only the second time the practice of tattooing has been evidenced in medieval Nubia. The medieval monastic site of Ghazali is one of […]
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 “Życie w Makuryckiej Metropoli: Bioarcheologiczne badania średniowiecznej Starej Dongoli, Sudan” (Life in the Makurian Metropolis: A Bioarchaeological Inquiry into Medieval Old Dongola, Sudan), NCN nr 2020/37/B/HS3/00348-OPUS 19. Detailed requirements can […]
Director of the NCN project nr 2022/45/B/HS3/01708-OPUS 23 entitled “Życie w Makuryckiej Metropoli: Bioarcheologiczne badania średniowiecznej Starej Dongoli, Sudan” (Life in the Makurian Metropolis: A Bioarchaeological Inquiry into Medieval Old Dongola, Sudan) announces a competition for the position of student/PhD student at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw. Detailed requirements can be […]
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw is observing the situation related to the crisis in Sudan with great concern. While the fighting is escalating, PCMA UW stands in solidarity with the population of Sudan – a country with which it has been associated since the 1960s, when the first Polish archaeological research in […]
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: […]