Pelusium Tell Farama Tell el-Farama Most interesting finds: – research in the area of the so-called Great Theater – residential buildings with a mosaic dated to the 4th century AD History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2003–2009 Type of research: Excavations, geophysical research Directors: Michał Gawlikowski Krzysztof Jakubiak Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre […]
Rachkida History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2012, 2016 Type of research: Salvage excavations, study mission Directors: Tomasz Waliszewski, Lévon Nordiguian (2012, 2016) Piotr Makowski (2016) Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Saint Joseph University in Beirut – Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) Description of the site […]
Saqqara Most interesting finds: – tomb of Merefnebef – tomb of Nyankhnefertem – tomb of Ichi – Dry Moat – Upper Necropolis History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 1987, 1996–2024 (the research was continued without the participation of PCMA UW) Type of research: Excavations, epigraphical, anthropological and conservation works Directors: Karol Myśliwiec (1987; […]
Saruq al-Hadid Most interesting finds: – Several thousand perfectly-preserved metal objects: numerous copper arrowheads, daggers, iron swords, jewelry made of copper, gold and semi-precious stones – Iron slag and remains of copper smelting furnaces – Copper snakes and fragments of vessels and censers decorated with a snake motif – evidence of ritual activities History of […]
Selib Most interesting finds: – St Menas church with decorated stone architectural elements – Medieval well – Meroitic settlement – Unique ceramic vessels used for Eucharist History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2008-2020, survey conducted in 1998 (the research was continued without the participation of PCMA UW) Type of research: Archaeological excavations, conservation […]
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Sheikh Abd el-Gurna el-Gurna Most interesting finds: – Coptic manuscripts (Canons of Pseudo-Basil, Life of St Pisenthius, fragment of Book of Isaiah, Acta Petri apocrypha) – Approximately 8,000 pottery vessels – More than 325 Coptic and Greek ostraca – Iron pan with a handle decorated with engraved depictions of animals and plants […]
Tell Abu Hafur Most interesting finds: – Relics of domestic architecture from the Early Dynastic period on the main tell and from the Mitanni and Neo-Assyrian periods on the eastern tell – Pottery from different periods History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1988–1990 Type of research: Salvage excavations Project directors: Maria Krogulska (first season) […]
Tell Amarna Most interesting finds: – Painted fragments of pottery vessels from the Halaf period – Ceramic vessels from the Bronze Age – Terracotta figurines from the Bronze and Iron Ages – Cylindrical seal from the Bronze Age – Oil lamps from the Hellenistic period – Remains of an early Christian church – Floor mosaics […]
Tell Arbid Tell Arbit Most interesting finds: – Temple of the Ninevite 5 period, one of the oldest buildings of this type in northern Mesopotamia – Two richly furnished women’s graves of the Mitanni period – Relics of domestic and official buildings from different periods – Khabur Ware period graves – Numerous examples of glyptics […]
Tell Rijim Tall Rigm Most interesting finds: – Graves from the Ninevite 5 period – Fragments of residential buildings from the Middle Bronze Age and the Neo-Assyrian period – Four cylindrical seals and two fibulae from the Neo-Assyrian period – Graves from the Achaemenid or Sassanid period History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1984–1985 […]