Beit Ras Ancient name: Capitolias Most interesting finds: – city defense wall (2nd–8th? century AD) – winery (6th–7th century AD) – area of industrial activity (installations connected with the production of wine, pottery and glass objects, as well as cisterns: Byzantine and Umayyad periods) – architectural elements from the nearby church which had probably been […]
Berenike Berenike, Barnis (modern names) Berenike (Βερενίκη), Berenike Troglodytica (Greek name) Berenice (Latin name, used mostly in English in reference to the Roman city) Most interesting finds: – Hellenistic fortifications (fort and city defense walls) – Hellenistic underground structures (water cisterns, tunnel) – Several temples and a church – Offering of 8 kg of black […]
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 […]
Mustis Henchir Mist 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 was […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sheikh Abd el-Qurna Sheikh Abd el-Gurna el-Gurna Most interesting finds: – Coptic manuscripts (Canons of Pseudo-Basil, Life of St Pisenthius, fragment of Book of Isaiah, Acta Petri apocrypha) – Approximately 8,000 pottery vessels – More than 325 Coptic and Greek ostraca – Iron pan with a handle decorated with engraved depictions of animals and plants […]
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-Retaba Most interesting finds: – Hyksos settlement and cemetery (17th–16th century BC) – Early 18th dynasty settlement (16th–15th century BC) – Fortress of Ramesses II (13th–12th century BC) – defense walls, garrison barracks, workshops, granaries – Fortress of Ramesses III (12th–11th century BC) – defense walls, garrison barracks – Houses of the Third Intermediate […]
Tomb of Ramesses III (KV 11) Type of site: Tomb Location: Egypt West Thebes Valley of the Kings Dating: New Kingdom, Twentieth Dynasty, reign of Ramesses III (1186–1155 BC) History of research: Dates of PCMA mission’s work: 1959–1961; 1977–1980 Type of research: Epigraphic and documentation work Directors: Tadeusz Andrzejewski (1959–1961) Marek Marciniak (1977–1980) Co-operating institutions: […]