Dr. Anastasiia Stupko-Lubczynska from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw received the Antiquity Prize. She was recognized for her article on the organization of work of ancient Egyptian artists who carved the wall reliefs in the Chapel of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari published in Antiquity in 2022. Antiquity, a Cambridge Core journal […]
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 […]
During the last meeting in June as part of the PCMA Seminar series, Pablo Gutiérrez de León Juberías from the Spanish National Research Council will present a lecture entitled “Looking at heritage from above. Documenting and interpreting the north-eastern Horn of Africa’s heritage using field surveys, excavations and remote sensing”. This will be the last […]
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: […]
The International Summer School “Augmented Archaeology. Archaeological research projects and modern science” (AuAr 2023) invites applicants for the course which will take place in Paphos (Cyprus) this September. The AuAr 2023 is organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, and partners from the “MA-P Maloutena and Agora in the layout of […]
In the end of June, the PCMA Seminar will host the first meeting in a new lecture series on Ancient Indian Ocean ports. This hybrid event will be focused on archaeological perspectives of Berenike as a hub in long-distance exchange networks involving India, Africa and the Mediterranean region. The lecture series, which will continue in […]
During the penultimate in this academic year archaeo-oriental seminar Dr Tomasz Michalik (PCMA UW) is going to present a paper entitled “Between mental and material heritage. Perception of medieval Nubian paintings by Sudanese and Western people – eye-tracking study”. Abstract: One of the tasks of archaeologists is to make archaeological heritage accessible to the wider […]
The spring fieldwork season in Nea Paphos ended in mid-May. As of 2019, the expedition working there has been called “MA-P Malutena and Agora – Archaeological Project in Paphos, Cyprus. A joint expedition of Warsaw and Jagiellonian Universities.” Currently, in consortium with the Warsaw University of Technology, the expedition is carrying out a research project funded […]
Recordings of the PCMA Seminar “Life in Ancient Nubia: Bioarchaeological Perspectives” have been made available online on the PCMA UW YouTube channel. The aim of the meeting was to present a range of bioarchaeological perspectives on life in ancient and medieval Nubia. Each session focused on a particular area of bioarchaeological research, examining what we […]
The PCMA Seminar will host another lecture discussing the archaeology of the Eastern Desert and the Red Sea region. It will be presented by Dr. Maël Crépy from the Institut français d’archéologie orientale: “Gold, roads, water and forts in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.” The lecture series is organized by Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda. Abstract: “Created […]
The first PCMA Seminar in June will host a talk by Dr. Julien Cooper from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). His presentation is entitled “East of Nubia: Results of the Atbai Survey Project”. It is part of a series of presentations on the Eastern Desert and the Red Sea organized by Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda. Abstract: The […]