I’m not quite sure how to begin. We often called each other “Ya shaab” in Sudanese, highlighting our youthful days and physical vigor. I’d call you “Ya sheikh,” and you’d greet me “Hello, mushroom.” I don’t know how to start a letter to the afterlife. Asking questions about the meaning of events that no one […]
By ordinance of the Directori the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, dated June 18th, 2024, the PCMA UW Research Centre in Khartoum has been named after Mahmoud El-Tayeb. Prof. El-Tayeb was the head of the Research Centre in Khartoum from its establishment in 2018 until his death in 2024.
With unspoken sadness, we share the news that Prof. Mahmoud El-Tayeb, our dear Friend, Colleague, and exceptional Person, passed away on June 12th. We still cannot bring ourselves to speak of Him in the past tense… We extend our heartfelt condolences to his Family and Loved Ones. The funeral will be held on Friday, June […]
During this year’s conference “Poles on the Nile”, Dr. Julie Anderson (Department of Egypt and Sudan, The British Museum) will present: “Excavating Dangeil, Sudan: From shapeless mounds to Meroitic shrines” as part of a guest lecture. Abstract: Recent excavations at Dangeil, Sudan, just upstream of the 5th Nile cataract, have focused on a 1st century AD […]
Dr. Emilia Smagur was awarded an Opus 25 grant for her project “Inhabiting post-Roman Egyptian port: the households of Berenike”. It was enabled by additional financing received by the National Science Centre. Dr Smagur’s project aims to explore the domestic life in the post-Roman (4th-6th centuries CE) Eastern Desert port through a multidisciplinary study of […]
The Department of Middle East Studies PCMA UW holds a workshop: “Pottery in Archaeology. From archaeometric analysis to social aspects of Bronze and Iron Age Pottery in Northern Oman”. It is related to the PCMA UW project in the Qumayrah micro-region in the Hajar mountains of Northern Oman. This workshop focuses on the production and […]
The PCMA Seminar will host an online workshop titled: “Results of Recent Excavations at the Blemmyan Necropolis in Berenike (Egyptian Eastern Desert)”. Over the course of 11 presentations, the team led by Dr. Mariusz Gwiazda will share the findings from their latest research season. Abstract: “During the 2023 and 2024 excavation seasons in Berenike, extensive […]
We are pleased to inform you that Dr. hab. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski has received positive opinion for appointment as professor at the University of Warsaw, by the resolution of the Senate of the University of Warsaw. Radosław Karasiewicz-Szczypiorski is the Head of the Research Centre in Georgia of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of […]
The annual conference on Polish archaeological research in Egypt and Sudan will be held on June 19th-21st. Over the three days of the conference, more than 30 papers will be delivered, most of which will present the latest research results. The conference will be held in a hybrid mode, at the UW Faculty of Archaeology […]
A group of representatives from archaeological institutions from Armenia visited the University of Warsaw. They signed an agreement on cooperation and conducted lectures and archaeological workshops. The University of Warsaw was represented by Prof. Alojzy Z. Nowak, the Rector of the University of Warsaw, who signed the agreement. On the Armenian side, the signatories were […]
Among the winners of the National Science Centre (NCN) Sonata 19 competition is Dr. Julia Burdajewicz’s project “Wall painting and stucco decoration of the Lower Basilica at ‘Marea’/Philoxenite as a testimony of the decoration of Alexandrian churches. An iconographic, stylistic, and technical study.” She will carry out this project within the consortium of the Academy […]
The Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw will host Dr. Roman Hovsepyan, an archaeobotanist and ethnobotanist from the Armenian Academy of Sciences. His visit in Poland is part of the Excellence Initiative–Research University “Mentoring Programme”. During his stay, Dr. Hovsepyan will give an open lecture at the University of Warsaw. Dr. […]