Akkar Survey Project Most interesting finds: – Houses with apses and Early Bronze Age dolmens with rock carvings depicting snakes History of research: Investigated by the PCMA mission in: 2018 (the research was continued without the participation of PCMA UW) Type of research: Field prospection Director: Zuzanna Wygnańska, Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of […]
Al-Subiyah As-Sabbiya Al-Sabiyah Most interesting finds: – exceptional type of tomb – so-called tumulus with outer ring wall (tumuli SB 100, SB 102) – elongated stone platforms of presumed ritual or symbolic purpose (e.g. SB 68, SM 22) – beads of semi-precious stones – carnelian, agate (e.g. SB 65), chrysoprase (SB 49), lapis lazuli (SMQ […]
Dakhleh Oasis Dakhla Oasis Most interesting finds: – several hundred sites with petroglyphs discovered in the eastern and central parts of the Dakhleh Oasis – rediscovery of the so-called Winkler sites (first recorded in the 1930s), the location of which was forgotten after World War II – Neolithic anthropomorphic depictions, very attractive from the scientific […]
Dendera (Gr.) Tentyra Most interesting finds: – Architectural remains mainly from the First Intermediate Period: a large mud-brick building housing, among others, a bakery where bread offered to Hathor in a nearby temple was baked; – Greek texts from the Hellenistic and Roman period; – Remains of a stone cult building from the Roman period. […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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– Type of research: Excavations, epigraphical, anthropological and conservation works Directors: Karol Myśliwiec (1987; 1996–2016) Kamil Kuraszkiewicz (since 2016) Co-operating institutions: – Polish Centre […]
Tell Abu Hafur Most interesting finds: – Relics of domestic architecture from the Early Dynastic period on the main tell and from the Mitanni and Neo-Assyrian periods on the eastern tell – Pottery from different periods History of research: Dates of PCMA research: 1988–1990 Type of research: Salvage excavations Project directors: Maria Krogulska (first season) […]