During the autumn fieldwork season, a group of highschool students from Paphos visited the ongoing excavations of the Maloutena-Agora Project (MA-P) in the Nea Paphos Archaeological Park. The visit was organized as part of an archaeological engagement program. MA-P is a collaborative project of three institutions: PCMA UW, Jagiellonian University and Warsaw University of Technology, […]
After a break caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Mission (KPAM) resumed work in the Al-Subiyah desert in Northern Kuwait. The team excavates the prehistoric site of Bahra 1 which dates from the Ubaid period in the mid-6th millennium BCE. – We are very happy to be back in Kuwait and able to […]
The Polish-American archaeological expedition to Berenike is looking for archaeologists and surveyors to work at this Red Sea harbour site in Egypt. The work is planned for November-December 2023. The surveyors should have experience in operating a total station. They will be tasked, among others, with taking field measurements and preparing plans in a vector […]
This year’s excavations in the Roman fort of Apsaros (Gonio, Georgia), carried out by a Polish-Georgian Expedition led by Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) and Shota Mamuladze (Agency for the Protection of Cultural Heritage of Adjara), brough about new, interesting finds. Previous discoveries of the expedition famously include a mosaic […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Magdalena M. Woźniak (PCMA UW) will give a lecture: “Textiles for the king – an investigation of costume and identity in medieval Nubia”. Abstract: “The discovery of the mural paintings in the Faras cathedral during the Nubian Campaign set […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Magdalena Pinker (Oriental Studies Department UW) and Dr. Mariusz Drzewiecki (PCMA UW) will give a talk on their project: “Symbolism of the gates of Cairo”. Abstract: “The aim of this talk is to present the results of the first […]
In October, the second edition of “Heritage Month” PCMA Seminars focuses on methodologies and practice of collaborative archaeology with case studies from Italy, Egypt and Poland. The third lecture in the series will be “Community Archaeology in Rural Environments (CARE) project: reflections from Poland” presented by Dr. Patrycja Filipowicz (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań). Abstract: […]
In October, the second edition of PCMA Seminars focuses on methodologies and practice of collaborative archaeology with case studies from Italy, Egypt and Poland. The second lecture in the “Heritage Month” series will be “Learning by doing: engaging with communities through heritage in Egypt” presented by Dr. Fatma Keshk ( Institut français d’archéologie orientale – […]
Late September this year, the purchase of premises in Paphos for the Research Centre in Cyprus of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw was completed. The establishment of the Research Centre will facilitate the operations of Polish archaeological expeditions that have been working in the city for more than half a century. […]
In October, the second edition of PCMA Seminars will focus on methodologies and practice of collaborative archaeology with case studies from Italy, Egypt and Poland. The first lecture in the “Heritage Month” series will be “From onlookers to devotees: Exploring dynamics of participation in Vignale, Italy” presented by Dr. Francesco Ripanti (Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin). […]
As part of the European Research and Innovation Days, Dr Tomomi Fushiya from PCMA will take part in a panel discussion organized by the European Research Council (ERC). It will represent the project „Umma – the community of a Medieval African capital city” financed by the ERC grant. The PI of this project, Dr hab. […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, Dr. Anna Wodzińska, head of the PCMA Research Station in Cairo, will give a talk “Archaeometric Research in Egypt”. Abstract: “Traditional archaeology is based on field research, documentation of the excavated finds and descritpion of their historical background. Although this […]