PCMA Research Centre in Cairo will host the symposium “Medicine and museums: History and challenges of medical collections in Cairo”. The symposium is organized by the PCMA-IFAO fellow, Dr. Gabriele Mario Conte. Abstract: Medicine and the art of healing occupy an important place in museum exhibitions dedicated to ancient and modern civilizations, as they are […]
The outdoor exhibition “Old Dongola. Heritage, Community, Archaeology. 60 Years of Sudanese–Polish Cooperation” is on display in front of the University of Warsaw Museum at 32 Krakowskie Przedmieście and will be on view until 28 September. The exhibition is part of the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of PCMA UW research in Old Dongola – […]
The detailed program and a book of abstracts for the upcoming international conference “Liquid Gold: Olive Oil in Antiquity – Cultivation, Production, Trade, and Cultural Significance” are now available. The event, co-organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology and the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, will take place on 24–27 September 2025 at […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of (PCMA UW) invites you to take part in the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of research in Old Dongola – one of the most important archaeological sites in Sudan. This is a unique opportunity not only to summarize the achievements of Polish and Sudanese archaeologists, but also […]
On Wednesday, September 24th, the PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo. Dr. Magdalena Pinker (Faculty of Oriental Studies, UW, National Museum in Warsaw) will deliver a lecture entitled: “Modern Arab Art in Poland? Discovering Unexpected Paintings at the National Museum in Warsaw.” Abstract: Although modern and contemporary Arab painting is […]
The Director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, announces a competition for the position of Assistant specialized in geoarchaeology (archaeology, Earth and related environmental sciences), to join the multidisciplinary research project on Medieval and Early Modern Dongola (Sudan) “Afropolis Tungul: Urban Biography of a Cosmopolitan African Capital”. Detailed information is available in the attached […]
The Director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, announces a competition for the position of Assistant Professor with a PhD in bioarchaeology (archaeology, biological sciences), to join the multidisciplinary research project on Medieval and Early Modern Dongola (Sudan) “Afropolis Tungul: Urban Biography of a Cosmopolitan African Capital”. Detailed information is available in the attached announcement: […]
The 8th International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities will take place at the University of Warsaw from 14 to 18 September 2026. This edition of the Congress is dedicated to the memory of Gocha R. Tsetskhladze, a renowned scholar and one of the series’ founders. In the spirit of previous congresses, it will bring together […]
Agnieszka Szulc-Kajak (PCMA UW) has been awarded the Small Grant Award by the Honor Frost Foundation. With this funding, she will carry out archaeometric analysis of fishing gear from Porphyreon. The implementation of this project is one of the initial stages of the author’s broader research on Levantine fishing practices, which includes an analysis of fishing […]
On September 17th, Dr. Shadia Abdrabo Abdelwahab Abdalla (National Corporation of Antiquities and Museums) will present “Erasing Cultural Memory: The Memoricide of Cultural Identity in Sudan’s Modern History” as a guest lecture of the PCMA Seminar. Dr Shadia Abdrabo is Senior Curator at the Sudan National Museum and Deputy Director of NCAM’s Museum Section. She is […]
Peeters Publishers has released a new book titled Old Dongola: Development, Heritage, Archaeology. Fieldwork in 2019–2021. This is the eighth volume in the series “Polish Publications in Mediterranean Archaeology”, and, like all previous titles, it is available in open access. Dongola was the capital of the medieval Christian Kingdom of Makuria, which flourished on the […]
In September, the new PCMA UW Cairo Seminars will begin at the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo, featuring Dr. Katarzyna de Lellis-Danys (PCMA UW, MNW) as the first speaker. She will deliver a presentation: “Wine, Fish, and Salt: Economic Lifeways of the Fayum from Late Antiquity to the Medieval Period”. This lecture series presents the […]