Nemrik 9 Most interesting finds: – Complete plan of an Early Neolithic settlement with furnished houses preserved – Prehistoric (Early Neolithic) settlement – Late Bronze Age rural settlement – Stone Neolithic sculptures (one of the oldest examples of figurative art) – Mitanni buildings and pottery (including a unique jar with painted decoration of goats feeding […]
Nimrud Ancient name: Kalhu, Kalchu, Kalach (Kalakh) Most interesting finds: – Partly uncovered unknown building from the time of Ashurnasirpal II (the so-called Central Building), probably one of the temples built by this ruler on the citadel – Lamassu statues from the structure built in the time of Shalmaneser III – Deposit of reliefs from […]
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 […]
Pelusium Tell Farama Tell el-Farama Most interesting finds: – research in the area of the so-called Great Theater – residential buildings with a mosaic dated to the 4th century AD History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2003–2009 Type of research: Excavations, geophysical research Directors: Michał Gawlikowski Krzysztof Jakubiak Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre […]
Qumayrah Valley Qumayrah–Ayn Wadi al-Fajj Ayn Bani Saida, Ayn Bani Saydah Bilt, Belt History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2015– Type of research: Survey, excavations Directors: Project director: Piotr Bieliński, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw Sub-projects directors: – Iron Age settlement – Agnieszka Pieńkowska, PCMA UW – Bronze Age settlement […]
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 […]
Saqqara Most interesting finds: – tomb of Merefnebef – tomb of Nyankhnefertem – tomb of Ichi – Dry Moat – Upper Necropolis History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 1987, 1996–2024 (the research was continued without the participation of PCMA UW) Type of research: Excavations, epigraphical, anthropological and conservation works Directors: Karol Myśliwiec (1987; […]
Saruq al-Hadid Most interesting finds: – Several thousand perfectly-preserved metal objects: numerous copper arrowheads, daggers, iron swords, jewelry made of copper, gold and semi-precious stones – Iron slag and remains of copper smelting furnaces – Copper snakes and fragments of vessels and censers decorated with a snake motif – evidence of ritual activities History of […]
Selib Most interesting finds: – St Menas church with decorated stone architectural elements – Medieval well – Meroitic settlement – Unique ceramic vessels used for Eucharist History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2008-2020, survey conducted in 1998 (the research was continued without the participation of PCMA UW) Type of research: Archaeological excavations, conservation […]
Sijilmassa Sijilmasa, Sid̲j̲ilmāsa, Historical name: Sijilmassa Arabic name: سجلماسة Berber name: ⵙⵉⵊⵉⵍⵎⴰⵙⴰ Most interesting features: – massive walls made of packed earth – Alaouite-period mosque and Quranic school – Alaouite-period settlement History of research: Dates of PCMA expedition’s work: 2024– Type of research: excavations, survey Directors: Lahcen Taouchikht (Institut Nationale des Sciences de l’Archéologie et […]