Iqlim el-Kharroub Iklim el Khharub Most interesting finds: Several dozen archaeological sites, including: – a Roman necropolis in Barja – a network of water mills in Wadi Dalhoun History of research: Investigated by the PCMA mission in: 1999–2005, 2007–2009, 2013 Type of research: Survey Director: Mahmoud El-Tayeb (Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw) Co-operating […]
Iraqi Kurdistan History of research: – Survey conducted between 2013 and 2017 Directors: Dorota Ławecka Rafał Koliński (director of the UGZAR project) Additional information about the project: The “Newcomers and autochthons. Settlement in the Upper Zab basin in the Late Chalcolithic and Ninevite 5 periods” project is part of the UGZAR concession. The UGZAR work […]
Khalde Qobbet Ech Choueifat Most interesting finds: – Phoenician cemetery from the Iron Age with more than 400 identified graves – Wineries from the Roman/early Byzantine period – Storerooms – Baths – Early Byzantine mosaics History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2007, 2017 Type of research: Survey Directors: Tomasz Waliszewski, Institute of Archaeology, […]
Khirbat es-Sar Khirbet es-Sar Khirbet Sarah Khirbet Sara Khirbat Sara History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2018– Type of research: Non-invasive research and survey Directors: Jolanta Młynarczyk Mariusz Burdajewicz Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Department of Antiquities of Jordan […]
Musti Henchir Mist Mustis Most interesting features of the site: – Temple of Pluto – Temple of Apollo – Temple of Caelestis – Christian basilica – Late Roman house – Byzantine citadel – Oil press – More than 500 Latin inscriptions – Triumphal arch of Emperor Gordian III History of research: Research on the site […]
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 […]
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 […]
Smar Jbeil History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2014–2015 Type of research: Survey, topographical work Directors: Karol Juchniewicz Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw – Directorate General of Antiquities (DGA) Description of the site and research: The Smar Jbeil Archaeological Project is connected with prospective excavations in Smar […]
Soba Soba East Most interesting finds: – two town districts of differenc character; one with dense architecture and clear street network, the other with loosely spaced large building compounds History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 2019– Type of research: Excavations, survey, geophysical research, ethnological research Directors: Mariusz Drzewiecki (2019– ) Co-operating institutions: – […]
Tell el-Murra Most interesting finds: – Discovery of Lower Egyptian culture remains and determining that the beginnings of the settlement at Tell el-Murra date to about 3500 BC – Discovery of remains attesting to a very high level of the flooding of the Nile, which probably destroyed a large part of the settlement at the […]