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RC in Cairo News
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Conference: “Place-making in the desertscape”
The Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale and the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, Research Center in Cairo are organising an international conference entitled: “Place-making in the desertscape: the socialisation of the Egyptian-Sudanese Eastern Desert landscape in the longue durée (4th millennium BCE–4th century CE).” Abstract: “The desert to the east of the Nile […]
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Workshops on the methodology of working with settlement ceramics in Cairo
A workshop held at the PCMA UW Research Centre in Cairo delved into the methodology of working with settlement ceramics. This is the first of the planned meetings. It was the first in a series aimed at pottery specialists working in Egypt. The “Working Group on Setlement Ceramics’ Best Practices” meeting was organized by Anna […]
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Research in Egypt
Polish archaeologists have been present in Egypt since the 1930s. It was in Egypt that the Polish school of Mediterranean archaeology was formed and honed, working on various sites from different periods. For decades now several missions under PCMA auspices have been working in Egypt every year. Their projects encompass archaeological excavations, on-site conservation, as well as site management.