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 […]
This month’s second archaeo-oriental seminar will also be devoted to bioarcheology. Dr. Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin is going to present a paper entitled “(In)Visible People. A bioarchaeological perspective on power, status, and children in the ancient Nile Valley”. Abstract: Until recently, children as much as women in the past were on the fringes of archaeological research, deemed […]
Dr. Robert Mahler of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw has been awarded a grant in the Sonata 18 competition. The National Science Center has assigned funding for his project “Muslim women in Fatimid Alexandria: Why did they die young? Biocultural factors in the change of living conditions for people buried at […]
This May, the PCMA Seminar hosts a speaker series focused on bioarchaeological perspectives on life in ancient Nubia. The series, which will be held online over three consecutive weeks, is organized and hosted by Dr. Robert Stark. The “Life in Ancient Nubia: Bioarchaeological Perspectives” speaker series presents a range of bioarchaeological perspectives on life in […]
Tomasz Barański from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw has received a START scholarship from the Foundation for Polish Science. START is a one-year scholarship for outstanding young scholars at the beginning of their scientific careers who have a proven record of achievement in their field of research. Tomasz Barański is an […]
The PCMA UW team visited the European Center for Geological Education of the University of Warsaw in Chęciny. It was an opportunity for the team of several dozen people to get to know each other better and also to present their scientific backgrounds, research interests and projects to their colleagues. This will help the staff […]
Mahmoud El-Tayeb, along with his wife Ghalia and daughter Azzah, would like to express their gratitude through our website to all those who supported them during and after the outbreak of violence in Khartoum, as well as throughout their travel from Sudan. “We extend our heartfelt thanks to everyone who played a role in ensuring […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Joanna Ciesielska will give a lecture: “Living in a medieval metropolis: an introduction into isotopic landscape of Soba”. Abstract: [in Polish] Soba, stolica średniowiecznego królestwa Alwy (Sudan) pomiędzy VI a XVI wiekiem n.e., znajduje się na wschodnim brzegu Nilu […]
We are relieved and happy to welcome back in Warsaw Dr. Mahmoud El-Tayeb, head of the PCMA UW Research Centre in Sudan, and his family. But we remain devastated by the news of the suffering and destruction inflicted by the military conflict on the people of Sudan. Dr. El-Tayeb and his family were evacuated from […]
Egypt was at the center of a trade route that connected the Roman Empire with many areas of the ancient world, including India. There were several Roman-era harbors on the Red Sea coast of Egypt involved in this commerce, the most important of which was Berenike. Ships from India arrived there with products, such as […]
We were saddened to learn of the death of Prof. Zsolt Kiss. As a graduate of Mediterranean archaeology at the University of Warsaw, he was a student of Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski. His scientific interests focused mainly on the iconography of the Greco-Roman period in Egypt. He pursued them during his many years of work at […]
The PCMA Seminar series will host Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka (PCMA UW) and Dr. Daria Elagina (Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, Universität Hamburg) with a talk entitled “Stranded in Dongola, Sudan. A 16th-century account of the Ethiopian monk Takla Alfa, reconsidered”. Abstract: “Information on 16th-century Sudan is scarce, and first-hand accounts of travelers […]