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 […]
Kharāᵓib al-Dasht Kharaib Desht Kharaib el‐Desht Kharaib al-Desht Most interesting finds: – Fishing village with domestic architecture and fishing installations (over 100 ovens used for fish processing) – Large mosque with internal buttresses – Fishing structures located along the coast of the Kharaib el-Desht Bay – Rich assemblage of imported glass bracelets History of research: […]
Faras Pachoras Most interesting finds: – Mud-brick church – the oldest building inside the fortifications – The first cathedral from the 7th century – 169 wall paintings executed in tempera on dry plaster – Approximately 750 inscriptions in Greek, Old Nubian and Coptic – The List of Bishops of Faras: besides the names of hierarchs, […]
Gebelein Inerti Most interesting finds: – Tombs of dignitaries from the Old Kingdom and the First Intermediate Period – The oldest prayers in the temple area known from Egypt – Reliefs in the chapel of Hathor – Rock inscription with the name of Ramesses IV – Prehistoric petroglyphs History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s […]
Ghazali Most interesting finds: – Very well-preserved cenobitic monastic complex – 137 inscriptions in the Northern Church – 93 funerary inscriptions – Two monk figurines of fired clay History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2012–2018 Type of research: Excavations, conservation and site presentation Directors: Artur Obłuski Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean […]
Gonio – Apsaros Most interesting finds: – Garrison granary (horreum) from the time of Nero (2nd half of 1st century AD) – Garrison thermae (balneum) and latrine from the time of Trajan (early 2nd century AD) – Garrison commander’s house (praetorium) from Hadrian’s time (30s 2nd century AD) – Floor mosaics from the garrison commander’s […]
Hatra Most interesting finds: – City fortifications – The discovery of older defense walls from the 1st century AD with an angular tower History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1990 Type of research: Excavations Project directors: Michał Gawlikowski Partners: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw – Directorate of Antiquities […]
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: […]
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 […]
Kadero Most interesting finds: – Neolithic settlement (fragments of ceramic vessels, stone and bone implements, small personal adornments); – Neolithic cemetery: almost 250 burials, including a few richly-furnished graves; – Bones of domesticated animals, remains of plants that were probably cultivated; – Remains of a Meroitic cemetery: relatively poor burials (presumably dating to the first […]