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We are proud to announce the discovery done by one of our Institute colleagues and his team
in Egypt during the last archaeological campaign in the Sun Temple of Niuserre!
 
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The remains of a building, probably one of the four lost Sun Temples of the Fifth Dynasty kings, have been unearthed in Abusir.
The joint Italian-Polish archaeological mission working in the Sun Temple of King Niuserre at Abu Ghurab, north of Abusir, discovered the remains of a mudbrick building laying underneath the temple. The preliminary studies indicate that it might be one of the four lost temples of the Sun dating to the Fifth Dynasty and known from historical sources. Dr Mustafa Waziri, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, stated that the excavations will be completed at the site to reveal more about this building.
Dr Mustafa Waziri also said that the remains of the discovered building are accessed through a monumental entrance built of limestone, leading to an area used as storehouses, in the north, and to a wide courtyard to the west, where there is a mud paved floor and huge blocks of quartzite, some of which have smoothed faces and are embedded in the floor below the Sun Temple of king Niuserre.
Dr Ayman Ashmawy, head of the Egyptian Antiquities Sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said that the remains of the discovered building indicate that it was built of mudbricks and that it was partially destroyed by Niuserre to build his own temple, pointing out that many pottery vessels were discovered at the site, which may have been used in foundation rituals. Among them, particularly important are those discovered inside the Sun Temple of King Niuserre, in the north-eastern corner, below the stone slabs of the foundations of the temple itself.
From his side, Dr Mohamed Youssef, Director of Saqqara Antiquities Inspectorate, said that the foundation deposits were found at the level of the mudbrick wall of the ancient temple, and consisted mostly of beer-jars but also of Meidum bowls and some red slipware pots.
Dr Rosanna Pirelli, head of the mission from the University of Naples L'Orientale, said that several fragments of clay seals bearing royal names were also found, including one with the name of the Fifth Dynasty King Shepseskare, about which we do not have much information, stressing that the new discoveries may indicate his presence and activities at the site. This may change our knowledge of this king's history and the Fifth Dynasty in general.
Dr Massimiliano Nuzzolo, head of the mission from the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, confirmed that the mission would complete its work soon, in an attempt to unearth the ancient temple completely and unveil more secrets about this building.
 
For more information please visit Sun Temples Project website: https://www.suntemplesproject.org/

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on the occasion of the conference

10. Symposium zur ägyptischen Königsideologie
10th Symposium on Egyptian royal ideology
"Rites, rituals and festivals as instruments of stability of the royal power"

Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures
of the Polish Academy of Sciences

is pleased to invite you to the public keynote lecture by

Prof. dr. Julia Budka
Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich

entitled

“Festivals, stability and instability of royal power
in the Amarna Period: some aspects
of Akhenaten’s royal ideology reconsidered”


The lecture will be held on Wednesday, June 1st at 3.00 pm CET
live: National Museum in Warsaw, 3, Jerozolimskie Av.
online streaming: https://www.facebook.com/IKSiOPAN

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KONFERENCJA PARYŻ 7 8.6.22

 

Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Scientific Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences are pleased to invite you to the conference: "Polish-French Co-operation in the Domain of Egyptology", which is going to take place on 7th-8th June 2022 at the Scientific Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Paris (74, rue Lauriston, Paris 16). It is possible to participate in the conference via MS Teams.

Link to the programme: https://paris.pan.pl/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Programme_Egyptologie.pdf

In order to participate in the conference (in person or via MS Temas) please register by 3rd June 2022 at 12 PM (Fench time, GMT+2) at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1LlRd4F2joLffLu-kJizy0BE-Z_z51VMQYdcIZlEamqg/viewform?edit_requested=true

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Congratulations to Dr Jade Bageot and the BORDERSCAPE project team for their success in the POLONEZ BIS 1, the fellowship programme co-funded by the European Commission and the Polish National Science Centre under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND. Project of Dr Bageot (Reg. No: 2021/43/P/HS3/03262): 'Ceramic technology and the socio-political environment of Predynastic Egypt' is qualified for funding, and it will be carried out at IMOC PAS. A detailed description of the project in English is available at the link: https://ncn.gov.pl/sites/default/files/listy-rankingowe/2021-09-15bisp2o/streszczenia/543023-en.pdf

List of projects qualified for funding by NCN.

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Gatto lectureCairo PCMA

  1. IMOC researches participated in Annual Meeting of The American Research Center in Egypt
  2. Archaeological Seminar IMOC PAS
  3. Call for Papers 2022: Hemispheres. Studies on Cultures and Societies
  4. Lecture of Maria Carmela Gatto, PhD
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