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Khartoum Unit news
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Call for applications: Director of the PCMA
The Rector of the University of Warsaw announces a call for the position of the Director of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The successful candidate will be announced by August 31, 2020. Detailed information on the tasks of the PCMA UW Director and the requirements for candidates applying for this position […]
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National Geographic Society Explorers Grant for archeogenetic research at Ghazali
As part of the Ghazali project in Sudan, directed by Dr. Artur Obłuski from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Dr. Robert Stark, and colleagues from the University of Warsaw, the David Reich Lab at Harvard University, and the National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums of Sudan (NCAM) were awarded a one-year […]
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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.
