Archaeological expedition working in Berenike (Egypt) is organizing a presentation of the latest results of the research on funerary customs in this Red Sea port. The workshop entitled “Mortuary practices in the post-Roman Red Sea port of Berenike and the Eastern Desert (Egypt and Sudan)” will be held online. Abstract: “During the last excavation season, […]
A seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw will feature a lecture by Dr. Robert Stark from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw: “Old Dongola – bioarchaeological studies”. Abstract: „Located along the banks of the Nile between the third and fourth cataracts, the site of Old Dongola […]
A series of lectures on the most important archaeological sites in north Ethiopia will be made available via Zoom. The three-day seminar “A virtual journey in the archaeological Tigray, Ethiopia” is part of a general course “the Archaeology of Ancient Ethiopia: the Aksumite Culture and Civilization” delivered by Dr. Michela Gaudiello of the Polish Centre […]
The next edition of the conference on Polish archaeological research along the Nile Valley will take place on 20-22 June 2022. The conference “Poles on the Nile” is co-organized by the Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia, Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The […]
In April, the PCMA Seminars focus on collaborative archaeology and heritage studies. The second lecture in the “Heritage Month” series will be Nubian agricultural practices, crops, and heritage presented by Dr. Philippa Ryan. Abstract: “Interviews with elderly farmers in the Sukoot revealed little-recorded shifts in crops grown as well as interconnections with changing foodways, material culture, […]
The organizers of the “Poles in the Near East” 2022 archaeological conference, which will take place online on 8–10 June have issued the 2nd circular with further information on the event. The conference welcomes papers concerning archaeological research, conservation and heritage protection and promotion in the Near East, Cyprus, the Gulf region, and the Caucasus. […]
The call for papers is now open for the conference “Living in the house: researching the domestic life in ancient Egypt and Sudan” which will take place in Cairo in November 2022. The event is organized by the Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale and the Research Center in Cairo of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, […]
Recordings of the PCMA Seminar “Textile archaeology in ancient Nubia. Methods and perspectives” have been made available online on the PCMA UW YouTube channel. The aim of the meeting was to present the results of ongoing projects, as well as various research questions, methodological approaches and future perspectives for textile archaeology in Nubia (read more). […]
The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo held another seminar of PCMA scholarship-holders. Two lectures were presented during the meeting. Urszula Laska, MA, talked on the subject: “Necropoles in Greco-Roman Egypt. Preliminary results”. Abstract; “Egyptian, Greek, and Roman cultural traditions blended during the Graeco-Roman period. This is evidenced by the example of the funeral architecture […]
In the coming month, the PCMA Seminars will focus on collaborative archaeology and heritage studies. The first lecture in the “Heritage Month” series will be Methodologies for Community Archaeology: Reflections from Egypt and Sudan presented by Dr. Gemma Tully. The aim of the “Heritage Month” organized by Dr. Tomomi Fushiya (PCMA UW) is to introduce […]
The Armenian-Polish Archaeological Mission Metsamor invites students willing to participate in this year’s excavations to an orientation meeting. The fieldwork is planned from late August to early October this year. The site of Metsamor is a settlement complex consisting of a fortress surrounded with Cyclopean walls, a lower city adjoining it from the north and […]
On behalf of the Marea Archaeological Project we invite you to the third conference on the results of archaeological research in this antique city. The archaeological site known as “Marea” is located on the Hawwariya Peninsula on the southern shore of Lake Mareotis, 45 km west of Alexandria. Polish archaeologists have been working there since […]