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 […]
Awliya’ Allah Project Most interesting finds: – More than 30 architectural objects in different states of preservation History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2014–2015 Type of research: Field prospection Directors: Karol Juchniewicz Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) Additional information: The field […]
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) – […]
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 […]
Iqlim el-Kharroub Iklim el Khharub Most interesting finds: Several dozen archaeological sites, including: – a Roman necropolis in Barja – a network of water mills in Wadi Dalhoun History of research: Investigated by the PCMA mission in: 1999–2005, 2007–2009, 2013 Type of research: Survey Director: Mahmoud El-Tayeb (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) Co-operating […]
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 […]
Kaftoun Kaftun Kaftûn Most interesting finds: – wall paintings from the second half of the 13th century depicting, among others, Maiestas Domini, the Communion of the Apostles, and warrior saints – architectural evolution of the Church of St Sergius and Bacchus in the medieval and Ottoman periods – relics of the early monastic phase of […]
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, […]
Mar Elias Btina Most interesting finds: – wall paintings in the church presbytery, preliminarily dated to the 13th century; the depictions of the Prophet Elijah are the first known from Lebanon to date History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2010–2011, 2013 Type of research: Conservation and restoration of wall paintings Directors: Krzysztof Chmielewski […]
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 […]