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, […]
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 […]
Nemrik 9 Most interesting finds: – Complete plan of an Early Neolithic settlement with furnished houses preserved – Prehistoric (Early Neolithic) settlement – Late Bronze Age rural settlement – Stone Neolithic sculptures (one of the oldest examples of figurative art) – Mitanni buildings and pottery (including a unique jar with painted decoration of goats feeding […]
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 […]
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– Type of research: Excavations, epigraphical, anthropological and conservation works Directors: Karol Myśliwiec (1987; 1996–2016) Kamil Kuraszkiewicz (since 2016) Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre […]
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 […]
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 el-Retaba Most interesting finds: – Hyksos settlement and cemetery (17th–16th century BC) – Early 18th dynasty settlement (16th–15th century BC) – Fortress of Ramesses II (13th–12th century BC) – defense walls, garrison barracks, workshops, granaries – Fortress of Ramesses III (12th–11th century BC) – defense walls, garrison barracks – Houses of the Third Intermediate […]