Akkar Survey Project Most interesting finds: – Houses with apses and Early Bronze Age dolmens with rock carvings depicting snakes History of research: Investigated by the PCMA mission in: 2018 (the research was continued without the participation of PCMA UW) Type of research: Field prospection Director: Zuzanna Wygnańska, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of […]
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 […]
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 […]
Debre Gergis Däbrä Gärgəs ደብረ ገርግስ (Tigrigna name) Most interesting finds: – Stone pillars – A 6m-high stela History of research: Investigated by the PCMA mission in: 2020– Type of research: Excavations and survey Directors: Michela Gaudiello Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Authority for Research and Conservation of […]
Old Dongola Historical name: Tungul Modern name: Gaddar Most interesting finds: – Fortifications of the citadel – Sacral architecture, cathedral, churches (several buildings) – Residential architecture, Palace of King Ioannes, single- and multi-story houses – Great Monastery of St Anthony – Wall paintings from the 6th to the 14th century AD – Pottery workshops – […]
El-Detti Most interesting finds: – Sepulchral architecture: over 50 tumuli – Pottery vessels History of research: Investigated by the PCMA mission in: 2014– Type of research: Excavations Director: Mahmoud El-Tayeb, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – National Corporation for Antiquities and […]
El-Zuma Most interesting finds: – grave architecture: eight large tumuli of unique construction, provided with tunnels leading from the outside to the burial chamber – collection of pottery vessels – collection of jewelry typical of the period – bone objects – the burial chambers of the majority of the tumuli have been plundered, which testifies […]
Failaka, archaeological survey Most interesting finds: – Identification and determination of the extent of the traditional fishing villages (Boult, Ad-Dakhan, Kharaib el-Desht, El Saad El-Aly, Matitah, Mourghy) – Remains of stone structures connected with the harbor on Failaka – Relics of an extensive settlement-farm As-Sabahiya History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2012 Type […]