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  • Coins from Polish excavations in Palmyra

    A new PCMA publication is available now: Studia Palmyreńskie 13. With this issue, the journal has been converted into a series which is inaugurated by a monograph presenting a catalog of coins discovered in the course of Polish excavations in Palmyra conducted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw in 1959–2001. The […]

  • Lecture: Recent Archaeological Projects of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology in Lebanon.

    Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, Cairo Branch has the honour to invite you to a lecture by dr. hab Tomasz Waliszewski Recent Archaeological Projects of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology in Lebanon. From Roman Villages to Medieval Churches. which will presented on Tuesday, 3rd March 2015 at 7.00 p.m. in Cairo (11 Mahalla st., […]

  • Solar Cult Complex in the Temple of Hatshepsut Opens to the Public

    The Solar Cult Complex in the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari, reconstructed by a Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw mission, will be opened to visitors on the 22th of February, 2015.  The event is organized by the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities in cooperation with the PCMA Research Centre in […]

  • New grant for PCMA research on Red Sea trade in Roman times

    We are happy to announce that the Polish National Science Centre has awarded a ‘Harmony 6’ grant to a PCMA-affiliated project “Infrastructure of the international trade in the Red Sea area in the Roman period” headed by Prof. Michał Gawlikowski. The project’s aim is to investigate long-distance sea trade in the Red Sea basin, with […]

  • To all Colleagues, Friends and Collaborators

    from all corners of the world we wish: many unforgettable adventures, unraveled mysteries, good fortune in fieldwork and study, and encounters with kindly people in the New 2015 Year. Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw

  • New Polish–Jordanian archaeological project in Beit Ras

    The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, launched a research program in Beit Ras in Jordan, the site of the ancient city of Captiolias. The archaeological mission, is a cooperation between the PCMA and the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The Polish side of the project is directed by […]

  • Three National Science Foundation Grants for the PCMA

    We are happy to inform that three projects affiliated with the PCMA have just received funding from National Science Foundation grants. Congratulations to the project heads on their success! “Preludium 7” grants: Iwona Zych: “Religious practices and beliefs in the "Red Land": religious building complexes and cult objects from the port of Berenike as a […]

  • New PCMA excavations: Aynuna in Saudi Arabia

    An agreement signed at the end of October in Riyadh launched the first Saudi-Polish archaeological project: excavations at the site of Aynuna at the Red Sea coast of the Tabuk province in Saudi Arabia. The agreement between the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities (SCTA), represented by Dr Hussein Abu Al Hassan, and the Polish […]

  • Exhibition on Polish archaeological discoveries opens in China

    “Archaeology at the University of Warsaw” exhibition was presented in Beijing, at an invitation from the Department of Archaeology and Museology of the Peking University. Plates presenting the scope of archaeological work undertaken by University of Warsaw missions can be seen at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum of Art and Archaeology at the Peking University […]

  • Exhibition on PCMA research opens in Armenia

    An exhibition presenting the work of archaeologists from the University of Warsaw has just opened in Armenia. Achievements of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, the Institute of Archaeology and the Centre for Precolumbian Studies are displayed in the archaeological museum in Metsamor. The exhibition was opened by Prof. Mariusz Ziółkowski and Mrs. Arev Samuelyan, […]