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The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature Dr. Jerzy M. Oleksiak (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) with a presentation: “We are halfway there!” – Reconstructing underground pottery use of Roman emerald miners in Sikait (Eastern Desert, Egypt). Abstract:  This study presents the first-ever analysis of a unique pottery assemblage discovered in the emerald […]

The new PCMA Research Centre in Cyprus Lecture Series is being launched at the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cyprus. The series is dedicated to disseminating the latest results of archaeological research conducted on the island, with particular emphasis on the Hellenistic and Roman periods. The inaugural lecture will be delivered by Dr. Eustathios Raptou […]

The call for submissions has opened for the fifth installment of the academic conference “Chrysomallos: Polish Archaeologists on the Black Sea and in the Caucasus.” The conference will take place on June 2nd, 2026, in a stationary mode. The conference is organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, UW and the Faculty of Archaeology, UW. […]

The first PCMA Seminar in the “Local Traditions, Shared Faith: Early Christianity in Comparative Perspective” series will feature Prof. Basema Hamarneh (Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Universität Wien) with a presentation: “The Monastic Traditions of the South Levant in a Transhistorical Perspective”. Abstract: Monasticism in southern Levant reflects a complex interplay between landscape, local tradition, and evolving […]

In the coming months, the PCMA Seminars will feature a new series “Local Traditions, Shared Faith” which will focus on early Christianity in Comparative Perspective across the Eastern Mediterranean. The series is organized by Dr. Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Gwiazda (National Museum in Warsaw), the head of the PCMA UW expedition to Sheikh Abd el-Qurna (Egypt). This seminar series […]