Bijan Bijan Bijan Island L’île de Bidjan Ancient names: Sapiratum(?) – source: the annals of Tiglath-Pileser I Izan(?) – source: Isidore of Charax Most interesting finds: – Assyrian fortress (two phases) as a link in the chain of frontier defenses along the Euphrates – Pottery vessel with a magical inscription in Aramaic from the early […]
Qasr Chhîm Chehim Chhim Shheem Shhiim Szahim Szhim Most interesting finds: – Hellenistic sanctuary – Roman sanctuary from the 1st–3rd century AD – domestic architecture from the late Roman and Byzantine periods – four oil presses from the late Roman and Byzantine periods – Christian basilica with floor mosaics and wall paintings (AD 498) – […]
Dakhleh Oasis Dakhla Oasis Most interesting finds: – several hundred sites with petroglyphs discovered in the eastern and central parts of the Dakhleh Oasis – rediscovery of the so-called Winkler sites (first recorded in the 1930s), the location of which was forgotten after World War II – Neolithic anthropomorphic depictions, very attractive from the scientific […]
Gebelein Inerti Most interesting finds: – Tombs of dignitaries from the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period – The oldest prayers in the temple area known from Egypt – Reliefs in the chapel of Hathor – Rock inscription with the name of Ramesses IV – Prehistoric petroglyphs History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s […]
Jiyeh (ancient Porphyreon) Most interesting finds: – Residential quarter built in the 4th/5th century AD – Wall paintings: floral motifs, a Psalm fragment – Production center of late Hellenistic and early Roman pottery – Roman and early Byzantine necropolis – Christian basilica with floor mosaics (5th–6th century AD) – Terracotta votive protomes (masks) from the […]
Khalde Qobbet Ech Choueifat Most interesting finds: – Phoenician cemetery from the Iron Age with more than 400 identified graves – Wineries from the Roman/early Byzantine period – Storerooms – Baths – Early Byzantine mosaics History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2007, 2017 Type of research: Survey Directors: Tomasz Waliszewski, Institute of Archaeology, […]
Khirbat es-Sar Khirbet es-Sar Khirbet Sarah Khirbet Sara Khirbat Sara History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2018– Type of research: Non-invasive research and survey Directors: Jolanta Młynarczyk Mariusz Burdajewicz Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Department of Antiquities of Jordan […]
Metsamor History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2013– Type of research: Excavations, survey Directors: Krzysztof Jakubiak (Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw) Ashot Piliposyan (Service for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Environment and Museum Reservation, Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia) Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University […]
Nimrud Ancient name: Kalhu, Kalchu, Kalach (Kalakh) Most interesting finds: – Partly uncovered unknown building from the time of Ashurnasirpal II (the so-called Central Building), probably one of the temples built by this ruler on the citadel – Lamassu statues from the structure built in the time of Shalmaneser III – Deposit of reliefs from […]
Qumayrah Valley Qumayrah–Ayn Wadi al-Fajj Ayn Bani Saida, Ayn Bani Saydah Bilt, Belt History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2015– Type of research: Survey, excavations Directors: Project director: Piotr Bieliński, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw Sub-projects directors: – Iron Age settlement – Agnieszka Pieńkowska, PCMA UW – Bronze Age settlement […]