The editors of the journal “Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean” would like to remind you that the call for papers for the upcoming issue is underway. To have your article published in 2023 in the 32nd volume of PAM, you should submit it before the end of May this year. Texts submitted after this date […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, dr hab. Kamil Kuraszkiewicz (Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW) will give a lecture: “Pharaoh’s Immortality Machine. Funerary complex of Netjerykhet and ancient Egyptian concepts of afterlife”. Abstract: The Step Pyramid Complex, built ca. 2650 BCE at Saqqara (Egypt) as a […]
The next PCMA Seminar will focus on a child burial discovered at Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria. Epigrapher Prof. Adam Łukaszewicz (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw), bioarchaeologist Dr. Robert Mahler and archaeologist and director of excavations Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek will present various aspects of this unique find. Abstract: ” A vessel containing the burial of […]
There is another chance to hear the lecture by Dr. Matthew Adams “More than a Valley of the Kings: Abydos in Early Egypt”. It will be held online as part of an event co-organized by the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and the Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia of the Faculty of […]
Two projects rom the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology have received funding in the latest IDUB “New Ideas 3B” competition. Dr. Agnieszka Pieńkowska will investigate the impact of copper mining on the development of Bronze Age settlements in Oman, while Dr. Urszula Wicenciak-Núñez will study the contents of Phoenician vessels to identify aromatic substances. Dr. […]
The book “Scripta Selecta” is a collection of 65 articles by Prof. Michał Gawlikowski. It was published by the University of Warsaw Press on the occasion of his 80th birthday. A promotion of the book, organized by the Faculty of Archaeology and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw will be held on […]
The first edition of the competition “Pearls of Science” launched by the Ministry of Education and Science was resolved in March. One of the winners is Paulina Staszkiewicz, who received a grant for her project “Sanctuary of the Hathor Shrine at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari. Technological investigation of polychromy.” The project will […]
The next PCMA Seminar will host a talk by Mari Yamasaki related to her Polonez-Bis grant project. Her presentation is entitled “Underwater realms – imagining and conceptualizing the sea as a three-dimensional space”. Abstract: “The study of ancient ‘spaces’ (domestic, public, ritual, political…) has always been a cornerstone of archaeological research in both a quantitative […]
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 […]
The PCMA UW expedition in Soba (Sudan) has recently completed the latest season of fieldwork. Researchers led hands-on training for young professionals in archaeology from Sudanese universities, workshops for experienced researchers from Sudanese institutions, activities in local elementary schools, and research on the role of women in the transmission of histories and customs. Soba is […]
During the current excavation season in Old Dongola (Sudan), an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, headed by Dr. Artur Obłuski, came across an unexpected find: architectural elements from a Pharaonic temple. Dr. Obluski’s expedition research focuses on the period when Old Dongola came under the rule of the Muslim […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) is launching a new cultural heritage protection project “Baraka: Revitalization of the Oldest Preserved Mosque at Old Dongola” funded by the International alliance for the protection of heritage in conflict areas (ALIPH). The Old Dongola mosque is the oldest preserved mosque in the Republic […]