The National Museum in Warsaw is about to launch the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the Faras Cathedral by Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski the founder of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. PCMA UW is honored to be one of the partners of the event. The discovery […]
The Scientific Council for the Discipline of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw for the term of 2021-2024 will be headed by prof. dr hab. Tomasz Derda. The members of the Council will include: prof. dr hab. Aleksander Bursche dr hab. Adam Cieśliński prof. dr hab. Tomasz Derda prof. dr hab. Piotr Dyczek dr hab. […]
A new book by Dr Mariusz Drzewiecki of the PCMA UW is now available in the University of Warsaw Press bookstore. It is a popular science book in Polish on conducting an archaeological project in Sudan. The book presents the fascinating world of very diversified fortresses that were built over many centuries in the Upper […]
The fifth edition of the Sudan Studies conference will be held in Warsaw. This international scientific meeting is organized each year in a different country that conducts research in this part of Africa. The conference is organized by the University of Durham, and its Warsaw edition will be co-organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean […]
The passing of Professor Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski on January 17, 2021, marks a symbolic end of another stage in the history of Polish Mediterranean archaeology. A stage no longer of a pioneering kind, but building on the achievements of the Master and mentor, the founder of the discipline in Poland, Professor Kazimierz Michałowski. Daszewski rose […]
With sorrow, we have received the news about the death of Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski, professor of classical archaeology, a longtime employee of the University of Warsaw. Professor Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski began working at the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw in Cairo in 1966, taking part in excavations in Tell Atrib, […]
After a one-year break, we invite you yet again to take part in the archaeological conference Poles in the Near East. Its fifth edition is planned to take place online on 9–11 June, 2021. The conference is organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw and the Chair of the Archaeology […]
The main theme of the first fascicle of the Polish Archeology in the Mediterranean 29 journal will comprise a collection of articles originating from the Red Sea VIII conference held in Warsaw in July 2017. The editors of the volume entitled Red Sea trade in resources and other studies. Proceedings of the Red Sea VIII […]
May the Holiday Season bring you rest and joy, fill your hearts with peace, and give you the strength to work on your plans and new challenges in the New Year.
The PCMA UW has by now settled in its new premises on the 6th floor of the office building at 69 Prosta street. The most important change in contact information is that the landline (22 826 .. ..) is no longer operational. Also, the previously used fax number is now defunct. Information on how to […]
Dr. Marcin Kotyl from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw received a Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for his research project on socio-economic changes in Tebtynis in the 3rd century CE on the basis of a new papyrus archive. The one-year project will […]
Three PCMA UW projects have received funding in the 19th edition of the National Science Centre’s Opus and Preludium competitions. Opus 19 grants were awarded to Prof. Tomasz Waliszewski, head of the PCMA UW expedition in Mustis (Tunisia), and Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda, who will conduct research on marbles from the Levant. The Preludium 19 grant […]