The PCMA Seminar series will host Dr. Dorota Dzierzbicka (PCMA UW) and Dr. Daria Elagina (Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies, Universität Hamburg) with a talk entitled “Stranded in Dongola, Sudan. A 16th-century account of the Ethiopian monk Takla Alfa, reconsidered”. Abstract: “Information on 16th-century Sudan is scarce, and first-hand accounts of travelers […]
We are very sorry to inform you that for reasons beyond our control, the talk by Dr. Artur Obłuski at the PCMA Seminar on Thursday 20th April had to be cancelled. This April, the PCMA Seminar will host a talk by Dr. Artur Obłuski who will present the preliminary results of his research project in […]
During the March session of the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Professor Michał Gawlikowski was elected as a foreign member of this distinguished scientific society. The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is a scientific society founded in 1663. Its members engage in historical, archaeological and linguistic research. It is one of five academic societies […]
Old Dongola (Tungul in Old Nubian) was the capital of Makuria, one of the most prominent medieval African states. Research in this city, initiated by Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski, has been providing groundbreaking results practically every year. Such was the case of the last excavation season of the Starting Grant project “UMMA – Urban Metamorphosis of […]
The Institut français d’archéologie orientale (IFAO) and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) are calling for applications for a 16-months Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Cairo. It is the fifth call for the joint IFAO–PCMA Fellowship program. The Post-Doctoral Fellow will be tasked with organizing an international Seminar/Workshop on a subject of […]
The PCMA Seminar series will host a talk (in Polish) by Dr. Łukasz Miszk, entitled “What would Indiana Jones say about the streets of Nea Paphos”. The presentation is related to an ongoing project investigating the spatial layout of Nea Paphos in Cyprus. Abstract: “Indiana Jones, uttering the phrase ” If it’s truth you’re looking […]
The discipline of archaeology at the University of Warsaw has once again been ranked in the top 100 in the world in the newly released QS World University Rankings 2023. This is the highest rank among all disciplines at the University of Warsaw. It has been the only one in Poland to maintain positions in […]
The editors of the journal “Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean” would like to remind you that the call for papers for the upcoming issue is underway. To have your article published in 2023 in the 32nd volume of PAM, you should submit it before the end of May this year. Texts submitted after this date […]
At the next seminar by the Archaeo-Oriental Studies Research Group at the University of Warsaw, dr hab. Kamil Kuraszkiewicz (Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW) will give a lecture: “Pharaoh’s Immortality Machine. Funerary complex of Netjerykhet and ancient Egyptian concepts of afterlife”. Abstract: The Step Pyramid Complex, built ca. 2650 BCE at Saqqara (Egypt) as a […]
The next PCMA Seminar will focus on a child burial discovered at Kom el-Dikka in Alexandria. Epigrapher Prof. Adam Łukaszewicz (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw), bioarchaeologist Dr. Robert Mahler and archaeologist and director of excavations Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek will present various aspects of this unique find. Abstract: ” A vessel containing the burial of […]
There is another chance to hear the lecture by Dr. Matthew Adams “More than a Valley of the Kings: Abydos in Early Egypt”. It will be held online as part of an event co-organized by the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo and the Department of Archaeology of Egypt and Nubia of the Faculty of […]
Two projects rom the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology have received funding in the latest IDUB “New Ideas 3B” competition. Dr. Agnieszka Pieńkowska will investigate the impact of copper mining on the development of Bronze Age settlements in Oman, while Dr. Urszula Wicenciak-Núñez will study the contents of Phoenician vessels to identify aromatic substances. Dr. […]