The PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo organized another PCMA scholar’s seminar. Due to the pandemic, the events still remain closed to the public. Fabian Amadeus Joakim Mydlak presented a talk titled “Preliminary research at the Post-Roman cemetery at Berenike”. Abstract: Post-Roman Berenike was a culturally diverse town ruled by the Blemmyes. Most of its […]
In the series of PCMA Seminars we present the lecture of Dr. Vujadin Ivanišević from the Archaeological Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade titled “Caričin Grad (Justiniana Prima): The Landscape of an Early Byzantine City”. The seminar will be held online. Justiniana Prima is one of the few new urban […]
Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology UW has received funding from two institutions: Dumbarton Oaks (Harvard University) and the University of Warsaw’s Center for Research on Ancient Civilizations (CRAC). Dr. Gwiazda’ Dumbarton Oaks two-month summer fellowship will be based in Washington and is planned for June 2022. As part of his […]
Congratulations to Prof. Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka, visiting professor at PCMA UW, on receiving the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. She was honoured for developing Polish-Cypriot scientific cooperation in the field of archaeology and for creating a positive image of Poland in the world. The distinctions were awarded to a group of Polish archaeologists […]
Presentations in the PCMA Seminar series continue this February with the talk: “The 2021 campaign of archaeological excavations on the Acropolis of Tyre. The Roman temple compound” presented by Dr. Francisco J. Núñez, one of the project’s co-directors. Abstract: “This seminar offers the preliminary results of the last campaign of archaeological excavations in the acropolis […]
In February, we return to our series of PCMA Seminar presentations. They will be held in remote form on three consecutive Thursdays this month. At the first of these, Dr. Kamila Nocoń presented her paper “Middle and Late Roman cooking pottery from the Agora in Nea Paphos. Preliminary findings”. Abstract: Middle and Late Roman period […]
The Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology series from Peeters Publishers has yet another volume accessible online. It is a monograph on excavations of a megalithic ceremonial complex from the 5th millenium BCE in the Eastern Desert in Egypt. The site is located almost directly in the middle of the Eastern Desert, on a wadi trail […]
A call for papers is now open for the sixth edition of the archaeological conference “Poles in the Near East”. The event will be held online from June 8th to 10th 2022. The conference is co-organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, and the Department of Oriental Archaeology, Faculty of Archaeology, […]
Another volume in the Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology series from Peeters Publishers is a monograph by Dr. Urszula Wicenciak-Núñez presenting the results of her research on pottery from Chhim (Lebanon). The book is now available in Open Access. This monograph is the result of many seasons of research conducted by Dr. Wicenciak-Núñez on the […]
We would like to invite students of the University of Warsaw to register for general university courses taught by the staff of PCMA UW. You will be able to learn about the topics they deal with in the practice of their research work. In the summer semester 2021/22 five courses will be taught, including one […]
We are pleased to announce that the public defense of the doctoral dissertation of Piotr Zakrzewski of the PCMA UW, took place on Wednesday, January 26, 2022. The dissertation topic is “Munitiones castrorum. Fortifications of the Roman legionary camp in Novae of the principate period (1st-3rd century AD). The dissertation presents all documented elements of […]
The sudden passing of Zbigniew Godziejewski, a conservator and long-term participant of PCMA UW fieldwork, is an irreparable loss for his friends and colleagues from the expeditions of which he was an indispensable part. Zbigniew Godziejewski worked with us for over 30 years, beginning in the early 1990s when he participated in excavations at Palmyra. […]