The Director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw announces a competition for the position of adjunct with a PhD degree in the NCN SONATA BIS 11 project no. 202142/E/HS3/00381 titled “Kyriakós oíkos? A diachronic conceptualization of space and function in medieval Nubian churches”. The project seeks an architect with […]
Dr Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin has received funding within the “Excellence Initiative” (IDUB II.1.2 – Establishing and strengthening cooperation with strategic partners) to deliver a four-day bioarchaeology workshop for archaeologists and students of archaeology in Sudan. The workshop will take place at the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums (NCAM) in Khartoum from the 16th to the […]
The annual journal “Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean” (PAM) has been favorably reviewed by a panel of experts evaluating submissions to the international interdisciplinary bibliographic database Scopus. This is a token of appreciation for the work of PAM’s editors to date, and great news for the authors, whose articles will now be even more widely […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo invites to a lecture by Prof. Jacek Kabaciński “Gebel Ramlah. Hunter-gatherers and pastoralists on the Egyptian Western Desert”. It will be part of the Kazimierz Michałowski Memorial Lecture series. The Kazimierz Michałowski Memorial Lecture Series (KaMMeL) is organized by the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo to commemorate the […]
Peeters Publishers has published the second part of “Old Dongola: Development, Heritage, Archaeology. Fieldwork in 2018–2019″. It is the sixth volume of the series “Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology”. Like all the other titles in the series, the book has been published in open access. The volume presents the archaeological finds from the fieldwork of […]
Rais Ragab Ahmed Yaseen, a great friend and long-time collaborator of Polish archaeological expeditions working in Luxor, passed away on 25th December, 2022. Rais Ragab cooperated most closely with the PCMA UW expedition to the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari, with which he worked for more than four decades. His versatile skills and extensive […]
We are pleased to announce that the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Maciej Wyżgoł of the PCMA UW took place on Thursday, December 22nd, 2022. The dissertation topic is “The identity of an African city in the pre-colonial era. Archaeological studies of the society inhabiting Old Dongola in the declining phase of the […]
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We are pleased to announce that two PCMA projects have won funding in the 8th edition of the CRAC Small Grants! Dr Tomomi Fushiya, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw – Testimonies of cooperative care: Socioeconomic system of the maintenance of the oldest mosque in Sudan About the project: This project investigates a […]
We are pleased to announce that the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Paweł Lech of the PCMA UW took place on Wednesday, December 14th, 2022. The dissertation topic is “Tableware from Tanais. Analysis of import, spatial distribution, function, repair and reuse from the 3rd century BC until the 3rd century AD”. The dissertation […]
In the latest edition of the National Science Centre competitions, two projects submitted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw were selected for funding. Dr. Robert Stark received a grant in the OPUS 23 competition, while Jerzy M. Oleksiak was awarded a PRELUDIUM 21 grant. Dr Robert Stark’s project “Life […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) has received funding from the ALIPH Foundation to preserve a church with valuable wall paintings in Old Dongola, Sudan. ALIPH Foundation supports the protection of cultural heritage in conflict zones. It funds measures to limit the risk of destruction, conserve and restore the heritage […]