Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology UW
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Based at the University of Warsaw, the PCMA conducts archaeological research in Africa and the Near East since 1959.
Warsaw, Poland
Joined April 2021
Join us for the next #PCMAseminar: 🔹Dr. Matthew Dalton🔹(University of Oxford & University of Western Australia): „Tracing Nile floods & climate change in the Nubian archaeological archive” 📆Thu, 4/12, 2 pm (Warsaw time) on Zoom. 👉Abstract & link: https://t.co/G479TUNK9z
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PCMA UW Cairo Seminars continue with a talk by Dr. Abdelrahman Medhat (Egyptian Museum in Cairo): “Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change: Advancing Insight into the Risks Facing Egyptian Cultural Heritage Sites”. Join us at the RC in Cairo and on Zoom!
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This year we start working on Berenike households! 🧐Learn more about the project funded by @NCN_PL OPUS 25 grant, led by Dr. Emilia Smagur, Co-Director of the Berenike Project. @PCMA_UW @UniWarszawski
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Mind the deadline for the #conference coorganized by @pcma_uw_cairo & @ifaocaire: “Perceptions of #health in the Nile Valley: The social and cultural dimension of #healing practice in the #Egyptian context from Antiquity to the Middle Ages” https://t.co/5im4DsxV16
📣 CALL FOR PAPERS: Perceptions of health in the Nile Valley🏺 🗓️ Conference: Cairo, 8–9 April 2026 Organizers: IFAO & PCMA UW. Submit your abstract by Dec 7, 2025! More info 👇 https://t.co/5im4DsxV16
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NEW #Phoenician small ceramic bottles were traditionally thought to hold perfumes and medicines. Residue analysis found chemical traces of wine, resins, pitch and palm oil, indicating their uses were much more multifunctional than expected. 🆓 https://t.co/nG6Yz58KPZ
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At the opening of “Layers of Time. Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Research in Northern Kuwait and on Failaka Island,” our PCMA UW colleague 🔸Dr Agnieszka Pieńkowska was honored with the Bene Merito distinction by H.E. Michał Cholewa, Ambassador of Poland to Kuwait. Congrats!🎉
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Join us for the next PCMA UW Cairo Seminar: Dr. Robert Mahler (@PCMA_UW ) will deliver a lecture: “The medieval cemetery at Kom el-Dikka (Alexandria): A revised chronology of graves” https://t.co/NY4nwykQbe
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Grateful for this honour! This recognition belongs to the entire Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Mission. I deeply appreciate our long-standing cooperation with @kw_nccal , @PCMA_UW and @PLinKuwait .
Yesterday, we celebrated the achievements of the Kuwaiti-Polish Archeological Mission. It was a privilege to award the Bene Merito honorary distinction 🇵🇱 to Dr. @AgPienkowska—an accomplished @PCMA_UW archeologist who has been ‘breaking the soil’ of Kuwait 🇰🇼 for many years.
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The upcoming PCMA seminar will feature 🔸Magdalena Skarżyńska (PCMA UW) with a presentation: „The Conservation Care System at an Archaeological Site: Old Dongola, Sudan. Conservation vs. Archaeology. Does the Ideal Model Exist?”. For link, please email: seminarium.pcma@uw.edu.pl
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Yesterday, we celebrated the achievements of the Kuwaiti-Polish Archeological Mission. It was a privilege to award the Bene Merito honorary distinction 🇵🇱 to Dr. @AgPienkowska—an accomplished @PCMA_UW archeologist who has been ‘breaking the soil’ of Kuwait 🇰🇼 for many years.
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New in #pcmapublications: 🎉 An article coauthored by our PCMA colleague 🔸Dr. Urszula Wicenciak-Núñez on analyses of residues in small ceramic bottles from Phoenician Tyre. Access for free❗️ https://t.co/txgTnrEKL9.
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📸 16 Nov — the National Library of Kuwait hosts the opening of “Layers of Time”, a photo exhibition on the work of the Kuwaiti-Polish Archaeological Mission. The project is a collaboration between @kw_nccal & @pcma_uw. 🇵🇱🇰🇼 Organized by @PLinKuwait. 👉 https://t.co/9k2ESzu1BK
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🔔 #Reminder It's this Thursday (13th Nov.! Have you got your link yet? If not, write to seminarium.pcma@uw.edu.pl @tomomifushiya
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Next in the 🔸#HeritageMonth 🔸series: Dr. @MartaLorenzon of @ANEE_Helsinki surveys Mediterranean case studies showing how combining ethnoarchaeology & geoarchaeology reveals insights into mudbrick production & its role in shaping social identities. 🔗 https://t.co/Vcg1iESAfz
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Next in the 🔸#HeritageMonth 🔸series: Dr. @MartaLorenzon of @ANEE_Helsinki surveys Mediterranean case studies showing how combining ethnoarchaeology & geoarchaeology reveals insights into mudbrick production & its role in shaping social identities. 🔗 https://t.co/Vcg1iESAfz
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Exploring Egypt Seminar 🎙️Lecture by: Tomomi Fushiya (PCMA-UW) 📅Monday, 17 November 2025 at 6:00 p.m. (Cairo time) 🏛️ @PCMA_UW, Heliopolis "Negociating local and Egyptological Histories at Abkansia and Amara West"
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On 7 November🔸Prof. Artur Obłuski (PCMA UW) will give a lecture as part of the ISAC Visiting Lecture Series: Old Dongola. New Collaborative Archaeology. Tackling Paradigms in Research on African Past 👉If you are in Chicago, get your free ticket here: https://t.co/ggjrT8TlOB
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🔸Prof. Artur Obłuski (PCMA UW) will deliver a lecture on the art of medieval Nubia and the results of Archaeological Projects in #OldDongola (Sudan) 🏦Cleveland Museum of Art 📅November 5th 🕰️5:30 #archaeology #lecture
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🔸@arturobluski took part in the 51st BSANA Byzantine Studies Conference. In his paper: “Dongolatissa. New Marian Iconography from Nubia" he argued that the Christian tradition at #OldDongola was a theologically creative & liturgically nuanced expression of African Christianity
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Przedst. urzędu 2 bm. złożyli wizytę na cmentarzu chrześcijańskim w Dżerasz, na którym spoczywa dr Antoni Ostrasz - polski architekt i konserwator, kier. projektu renowacji hipodromu w starożytnym kompleksie miejskim w latach 1984-1996. 🇵🇱 🇪🇺 🇯🇴 📲 https://t.co/F0pbtUlki9
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