Polish–Egyptian Archaeological Mission to Marina el-Alamein Most interesting finds: – House H 41 with traces of private cult – Private baths – building H 39 – Necropolis with several types of funerary monuments History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 1987– Type of research: Excavations Directors: Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski (1987–2011) Krzysztof Jakubiak (since 2012) […]
Ashmunein El-Ashmunein Ancient Hermopolis Magna Most interesting finds: – Nectanebo II’s inscription (360–342 BC) – Stone blocks decorated with Akhenaten’s cartouches were reused during the construction of the basilica – Architectural remains from the Hellenistic and Roman periods – Numerous small finds, including coins, terracotta figurines, and oil lamps – Inscription commemorating Thenon, an unknown […]
Aynuna Ancient Leuke Kome(?) Most interesting finds: – a complex of buildings from the Roman, late Roman and early Islamic periods – tombs and graves from different periods – Thamudic inscription – bronze objects – glass ornaments – locally-made and imported pottery vessels – remnants of exotic spices – stone objects of everyday use History […]
Beit Ras Ancient name: Capitolias Most interesting finds: – city defense wall (2nd–8th? century AD) – winery (6th–7th century AD) – area of industrial activity (installations connected with the production of wine, pottery and glass objects, as well as cisterns: Byzantine and Umayyad periods) – architectural elements from the nearby church which had probably been […]
Berenike Berenike, Barnis (modern names) Berenike (Βερενίκη), Berenike Troglodytica (Greek name) Berenice (Latin name, used mostly in English in reference to the Roman city) Most interesting finds: – Hellenistic fortifications (fort and city defense walls) – Hellenistic underground structures (water cisterns, tunnel) – Several temples and a church – Offering of 8 kg of black […]
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 […]
Dendera (Gr.) Tentyra Most interesting finds: – Architectural remains mainly from the First Intermediate Period: a large mud-brick building housing, among others, a bakery where bread offered to Hathor in a nearby temple was baked; – Greek texts from the Hellenistic and Roman period; – Remains of a stone cult building from the Roman period. […]
Eshmoun Valley Auali Valley Wadi Bisri Most interesting finds: – Neolithic flint workshops – Rock-carved tombs from the Roman period History of research: Investigated by the PCMA mission in: 2004–2008 Type of research: Survey Directors: Michał Neska Krzysztof Jakubiak Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Direction Générale des Antiquités […]