Hawarte Huarte Hawarti Most interesting finds: – Underground cave used in the cult of god Mithra (mithraeum) underneath the ruins of a Christian basilica – Mithraeum as a place of a mysterious cult – Wall paintings adorning the walls of the mithraeum – Baptistery of the first church built over the mithraeum History of research: […]
Palmyra Palmira, Tadmor Most interesting finds: – Temple of Allat (1st–4th century AD) and two main sculptures: the statue of Athena and the low-relief sculpture of a lion-guard – Principia – headquarters of the Roman army with the so-called Temple of the Standards – Underground tombs (hypogea) of Zabda and Alaine with perfectly preserved funerary […]
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 Djassa el-Gharbi Tell Jassa (el-Gharbi) Tell Jassas Most interesting finds: – Well-preserved architectural remains – Lead figurine of Ishtar(?) History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1988–1990 Type of research: Salvage excavations Project directors: Maria Krogulska (first season) Piotr Bieliński Partners: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw – Directorate […]
Tell Qaramel Most interesting finds: – A few dozen early Neolithic structures, including five towers and two proto-temples – More than 400 ornamental stone objects – A few dozen skeleton burials inside the settlement History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1999–2011 Type of research: Excavations Project directors: Ryszard F. Mazurowski (1999–2021) Bassam Jammous (1999–2000 […]
Tell Rad Shakrah Tell Rad Shaqra Tell Rad Szakra Most interesting finds: – Defense wall built of stone and bricks with earth-and-stone glacis – Relics of residential buildings and street grid of the Early Dynastic III period – More than 40 graves of various types, both adults’ and children’s, some of them richly furnished – […]