The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw will set up a research centre in Paphos, Cyprus, where PCMA UW expeditions have been working for over half a century. The first Polish archaeologists appeared in Cyprus over half a century ago, with the doyen of Polish Mediterranean archaeology, Professor Kazimierz Michałowski. Since 1965, a […]
Dr. Paweł Polkowski from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw and the Archaeological Museum in Poznań received the National Science Center 2021 Award in the category of humanities, social sciences and art. The prize is awarded to young scientists for significant scientific achievements in basic research carried out in Poland and documented […]
Dr. Michele Buzon of Purdue University will present two talks at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, focusing on bioarchaeology in Nubia and the use of stable isotopes to trace mobility in the past. Dr. Buzon is collaborating with Dr. Robert Stark of the PCMA UW on an isotope project involving the site of […]
At the first PCMA Seminar this October, Rosemarie Klemm will present a lecture on the work she conducted with the late Dietrich Klemm on the “Ancient gold mining in the Eastern Deserts of Egypt and Nubia/Sudan”. For many years, Rosemarie and Dietrich Klemm explored over 200 previously unknown gold deposits in extensive field expeditions, both […]
After a holiday break, the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo resumed presentations of research projects by PCMA scholarship holders. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the events remain closed to the public. Aleksandra Jaszczurowska, “Rock-cut tombs of Old Kingdom officials”: Abstract: “For us, tombs, wall scenes, inscriptions, and remains of tomb furnishings, which were fortunately […]
Tyre, the Phoenician capital on the coast of Lebanon, is the site of the latest project with PCMA UW involvement. The international team researching this UNESCO World Heritage List city has just finished a highly successful fieldwork season discovering the remains of a Roman-period temple in a sacral complex. In 2020, the Polish Centre of […]
For the fourth time running, the Institut français d’archéologie orientale (IFAO) and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) invite applications for a 16-months Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cairo. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will be tasked with organizing an international two-day Seminar/Workshop on a subject in relation with Ancient and Medieval Northeastern Africa […]
This semester, students of the University of Warsaw will be able to attend general courses taught by researchers from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology UW. They will lecture on topics they deal with in their research and fieldwork: archaeology of the Kingdom of Aksum in Ethiopia, Bronze and Iron Ages in the Arabian Peninsula, […]
The Director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, announces a competition for the position of an adjunct with a postdoctoral degree. The candidate should have experience in directing archaeological and conservation work at Roman and Byzantine sites. Detailed information about the competition can be found in the competition announcement. Applications should […]
In 2020 and 2021 four long-time employees of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology UW went into retirement. In early September, a farewell meeting of the PCMA staff with the new retirees was held at the PCMA office. Dr. Zbigniew Szafrański, an archaeologist and Egyptologist, served as deputy director of PCMA UW from 2000 to […]
Researchers from Harvard University and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) undertook training in methods for sampling skeletal materials to conduct ancient DNA analyses (aDNA). The training session, which took place from August 29th to September 5th, was part of the first stage of the larger National Geographic Society (NGS) […]
During the forthcoming “PCMA Seminar” Dr. Tomasz Michalik will present a talk entitled “Looking at the Past. The eye-tracking method in archaeological research”. Abstract: “Sight is one of the most important human senses. It plays a key role in everyday life, but is also crucial in scientific work, e.g. during the analysis of archaeological data. […]