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Khartoum Unit news
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Virtual Nubia: visit a medieval monastery on your screen
“Virtual Nubia” is a portal that allows you to walk into medieval monasteries in Sudan without leaving home. Archaeologists from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw (PCMA UW) have digitally reconstructed buildings that can now be visited on the computer screen. Polish scholars have extensive experience in research on medieval […]
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Artur Obłuski nominated as PCMA director
The rector of the University of Warsaw announced the results of the call for the position of the PCMA UW director. Dr. Artur Obłuski was nominated for the next term of office. Dr. Artur Obłuski has served as the acting director of the PCMA UW since 2018, and since 2015 he headed the PCMA UW […]
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Research in Sudan
The history of Polish archaeological research in Sudan goes back to the 1960s, to the UNESCO-coordinated effort to save monuments endangered by the building of the Aswan Dam. It was than that Prof. Kazimierz Michałowski discovered the renowned Faras cathedral. The Polish mission transferred its wall paintings to museums in Khartoum and Warsaw, saving them from flooding by Nile waters. Nowadays, about 100 Polish scholars and students work in Sudan each year. Within several projects, they study sites from different periods, working also on the conservation and presentation of the excavated monuments.
