News
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New Egyptological project at the Temple of Hatshepsut
Meet our new team member! In the spring season of 2021, Jun Wong (University of Toronto) joined our team to start his research project, entitled ‘Analysing the destruction of Hatshepsut’s monuments’.
This project is being conducted thanks to the support of the Egypt Exploration Society's Centenary Award.
More about Jun's project can be found HERE.
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3.03.2021|
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Our representatives at the conference ‘Stone Canvas’: towards a better integration of ‘rock art’ and ‘graffiti’ studies in Egypt and the Sudan
The conference season in Cairo is not finished yet! In the following days we invite you to join us at the ‘Stone Canvas’ conference organized by the PCMA Research Centre in Cairo and the institut français d’archéologie orientale du caire (IFAO). The event will be held in Cairo from the 10th to 12th of November 2019.
Papers on Hatshepsut's Temple will be delivered on the 11th of November at the PCMA research centre in Cairo:
9.50 Aleksandra Pawlikowska-Gwiazda, Spatial Distribution of Christain Symbols and Inscriptions in the Temple of Hatshepsut (Deir el-Bahari)
11.00 Dr. Andrzej Ćwiek, The Temple of Hatshepsut ar Deir el-Bahari: an Ancient Facebook.
More information on the event may be found HERE and HERE
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9.11.2019|
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Our team members at the XIIth International Congress of Egyptologists
We are proud to announce that six members of our team will present their research at the XIIth International Congress of Egyptologists, which will be held between the 3rd and 8th of November in Cairo:
https://egymonuments.gov.eg/events/twelfth-international-congress-of-egyptologists-ice-xii/
Monday November 4th - 14.00 Dr. Edyta Kopp, Reconstructing a Divine World. Processions of Gods from the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari.
Tuesday November 5th - 12.00 Dr. Jadwiga Iwaszczuk, Deir el-Bahari Projects Online.
Wednesday November 6th - 16.30 Katarzyna Kapiec, The Southern Room of Amun Project: Results of the Study on its Decoration and Function in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. - 17.00 Dr. Ewa Józefowicz, New Light on Hatshepsut’s Portico of Obelisks. - 17.30 Dr. Filip Taterka, Hatshepsut’s Punt Reliefs: Their Structure and Function.
Friday November 8th Poster session: Adrianna Madej, The Gate of the Complex of the Royal Cult in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. The Meaning of the Iconographic Decoration of Jambs.
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17.10.2019|
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Current Research in Egyptology
11.06.2019 This year’s Current Research in Egyptology conference is going to take place in Alcalá de Henares, Spain. The event will last from the 17th to 21st of June. Some of our Expedition's members will present their research:
Tuesday, 18th of June
10.30-11.00, Room 3: 3M Dr. Filip Taterka, The Land of Punt: To the South or to the East of Egypt?
11.30-12.00, Room 2: Conf. Internacionales Katarzyna Kapiec, Erasures of Hatshepsut’s Depictions Based on the Example of the Southern Room of Amun in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
Wednesday, 19th of June
12.30-13.15 (poster session) Adrianna Madej, Dedicatory Inscription in the Hatshepsut Complex of the Royal Cult – Meaning and Role
For more information on the conference, follow the link http://cregyptology.org.uk/?page_id=3837
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The new website of all Polish projects conducted at Deir el-BahariNew website of all Polish projects at Deir el-Bahari is already available. Please visit www.debprojects.uw.edu.pl/en. New website (still under construction) covers information about following projects: - Temple of Hatshepsut - Temple of Thutmose III - Temple of Thutmose I - Asasif Project
Moreover, you can follow the Facebook pages of Hatshepsut's Mission and Asasif Project, where the latest news are frequently presented.
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Unique representations of the secretary bird identified in Hatshepsut’s temple at Deir el-Bahari!Among the products imported to Egypt as a result of Hatshepsut’s Punt expedition, there is a big bird, whose identity used to puzzle scholars since the discovery of the reliefs in 1858. It has been suggested that it might have been a crane due to its relatively big size, but this identification could not have been confirmed due to the fragmentary state of preservation of this part of the wall. While re-examining the famous Punt reliefs of Deir el-Bahari our colleague Filip Taterka noted the presence of yet another previously unknown representation of the bird in question. The latter is more complete, thanks to which it is now possible to identify the mysterious creature as the secretary bird (Lat. Sagittarius serpentarius), a species endemic to Africa, which has far-reaching consequences for the discussion on the exact location of the land of Punt. Moreover, the representations of the secretary bird of Deir el-Bahari are the only depictions of this creature known to date of the pharaonic period. For more information on Filip Taterka’s discovery see:
press report in English:
press report in Polish: http://naukawpolsce.pap.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C29918%2Cpolski-egiptolog-odkryl-w-swiatyni-hatszepsut-sekretarza.html |
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Lecture about the recent work at the TempleWe cordially invite for the lecture "The Highlights of the Recent Work Results of the Polish-Egyptian Mission at the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari" by Dr Zbigniew E. Szafrański (Director of the Polish-Egyptian Archaeological and Conservation Mission at the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari) |
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Booklet about the Main Sanctuary of Amun is available online!Booklet about the Main Sanctuary of Amun is available online! It can be downloaded HERE. |
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Spring season 2018The spring season 2018 of works at the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari will begin in the end of March. Egyptological activity will be concentrated in the Lower South Portio, the Complex of Royal Cult and in the Southern Room of Amun. Conservation works will be carried out by the northern osiride statue in the Lower North Portico. The project of Thutmose I's Temple will be continued as well. The season will last a month. Photos of the spring season will be available on our fanpage on Facebook - HERE. |
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Information boards and booklet about the Main Sanctuary of AmunFor the opening of the Main Sanctuary of Amun, in the preceding it Ptolemaic Portico, two information boards for toursit were installed. Texts were prepared by Dr F. Pawlicki and layout was designed by A. Golijewska. Moreover, a booklet about the sanctuary was printed out (Z.E. Szafrański - editor, F. Pawlicki - text, A. Golijewska - layout and typesetting). Boards and booklet were sponsored by the Polish Embassy in Cairo.
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