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  • Excavations in Marea on exhibition in Cairo

    An exhibition Polish excavations in Marea, Egypt, 2000–2014, occasioned by the 15th anniversary of PCMA mission’s excavations in Marea, Egypt, will open in Cairo. It will be held in the Egyptian Center for International Cultural Cooperation. The exhibition will be inaugurated on 17 January, 2016 by H.E. Dr. Kamilia Sobhy, First Undersecretary of State for […]

  • PAM Journal rating upped to 12 points

    We are happy to announce that our annual Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean shot up in the ranking of the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education to 12 points from the earlier 7. PAM was first evaluated by the Ministry in 2012, with a rating of 4 points. In the past three years we […]

  • School named after Professor Kazimierz Michałowski

    The founder of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, was elected as patron of gymnasium (middle school) in Podkowa Leśna near Warsaw. Professor Michałowski was among several distinguished citizens of the town proposed as candidates for the school’s patron by local citizen’s organizations.   All guests speaking at the name-giving ceremony were […]

  • The Clio book prize for Prof. Tomasz Waliszewski

    The Director of the PCMA, Prof. Tomasz Waliszewski has been awarded the Clio prize of the first degree for his book Elaion. Olive Oil Production in Roman and Byzantine Syria–Palestine. The prize is awarded by the Rector of the University of Warsaw for the best publications of scholars from the university’s Faculty of History. The […]

  • Conference “Nea Paphos. 50 years of Polish excavations 1965–2015”

    The fiftieth anniversary of Polish archaeological research in Nea Paphos on Cyprus will be marked with a conference “Nea Paphos. 50 years of Polish excavations 1965–2015” organized by the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures PAS in cooperation with the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, UW. Several papers will be presented in four thematic sessions […]

  • New research grant for work on the Red Sea coast of Egypt

    We are happy to inform that yet another research grant proposal submitted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw has received funding from the National Science Centre. Preludium 9 – Marek Woźniak (MA): „From military base to international emporium: the nature and functioning of the Hellenistic port of Berenike on the Red […]

  • Exhibition on Marea in the Alexandria National Museum

    Exhibition “Polish excavations at Marea in Egypt 2000–2014” presenting the results of 15 seasons of archaeological investigations at the site opened in the Alexandria National Museum. The exhibition was organized by the Archaeological Museum in Krakow and the Polish Embassy in Cairo in cooperation with the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The […]

  • Archaeological field project in Oman

    Polish archaeological mission finished its first archaeological reconnaissance in north-western Oman. It was an introduction to a four-year long Omani–Polish research project in the micro-region of Qumayrah. The project is a cooperation between the Department of Excavations and Archaeological Studies, Ministry of Heritage and Culture, Sultanate of Oman and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, […]

  • Krystyna Polaczek patron of new reading room in the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo

    In one of the newly renovated rooms of the lower floor of the house at Mahalla, a new reading room was arranged. Researchers, students and scholarship holders wishing to peruse the Research Center’s book collection gained a quiet and comfortable place to work. The reading room is dedicated to the memory of Krystyna Polaczek, a […]

  • Call for Papers for the XVII Current Research in Egyptology conference

    Next year Krakow will host the annual Current Research in Egyptology conference, which provides a forum for young researchers in the fields of Egyptology and the archaeology of Egypt and Sudan from prehistory till the Islamic period. Submissions of papers and posters will be accepted until November 30th. Current Research in Egyptology (CRE) is a […]

  • Honorary “Bene Merito” distinction for Dr. Zbigniew E. Szafrański

    Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Grzegorz Schetyna awarded Dr Zbigniew Szafrański of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw, longtime director of the institution’s Research Center in Cairo, the honorary „Bene Merito” distinction for his role in promoting Poland and Polish Mediterranean archaeology abroad. Polish Ambasador in Cairo, Michał Murkociński decorated Dr. Szafrański […]