Expedition
Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology
Warsaw, Poland · founded 1959
Expedition in Warsaw, founded 1959; part of University of Warsaw. 9 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 1959Kazimierz Michałowski creates the Centre in Cairo as the Polish Centre of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw.
CairoKazimierz MichałowskiNécrologie (Kazimierz Michałowski) 1981
- 1965First excavations at Nea Paphos, locality Maloutena, under Michałowski: a large structure with a reservoir, a house with plastered walls, a Hellenistic drain, marble sculptures (Asklepios, Artemis and a Satyr) and a hoard of thirteen silver coins of Alexander the Great.
Kato Paphos, MaloutenaKazimierz MichałowskiNicolaou 1966, p. 41
- 1973Ninth campaign (17 September-17 November) under Daszewski: the palace baths completely cleared, a well and cistern explored (the palace is the Villa of Theseus).
Kato PaphosWiktor Andrzej DaszewskiKarageorghis 1974
- 1981–1985Polish mission under Daszewski continues work on the Roman palace known as the House of Theseus at Maloutena (complex c. 120 x 90 m round a porticoed court).
- 1987–1997Excavation continues at Maloutena under Daszewski (then of the University of Trier); three buildings: Villa of Aion, House of Theseus and a Hellenistic building; a mint for Ptolemaic coins also uncovered.
- 1992–1993Extension of the Late Hellenistic two-storey building to the SW brings new third-century Roman mosaics, one showing Aphrodite with a spear.
Kato PaphosHerscher 1995
- 2007Daszewski's directorship ends; Ewdoksia Papuci-Władyka worked with the mission until 2010, first under Daszewski (to 2007) and then with Henryk Meyza.
Wiktor Andrzej DaszewskiEwdoksia Papuci-WładykaHenryk MeyzaPapuci-Władyka 2020
- 2011After agreement with Department of Antiquities director Maria Hadjicosti, Papuci-Władyka of the Jagiellonian University receives a licence for the Agora of Nea Paphos (Paphos Agora Project, a separate Kraków mission, 2011-2015 first phase).
Nea Paphos AgoraEwdoksia Papuci-WładykaMaria HadjicostiPapuci-Władyka 2020
People
9 peopleStaff and members · 8
- Wiktor Andrzej Daszewskifield-director (1966–2007) · mission director, Nea Paphos; Secretary General of the Cairo station per GND · worked for itKarageorghis 1974Symons 1986-19871966–2007
- Z. Sztetyłłomember (1973–1991) · member of the Polish MissionPapuci-Władyka 20201973
- Barbara Lichockaspecialist (1976–1983) · numismatist, Maloutena (Villa of Theseus) sitePapuci-Władyka 20201976
- Jolanta Młynarczykmember (from 1977) · member of the Polish Mission at Nea PaphosPapuci-Władyka 20201977
- Ewdoksia Papuci-Władykamember (1984–2010) · member · worked withPapuci-Władyka 20201984–2010
- Henryk Meyzamember (1993–2017) · member of the Polish Mission at Nea Paphos from at least 1993; named alongside the mission with Papuci-Władyka as the person she worked 'with' after Daszewski (to 2007)Papuci-Władyka 20201993
- Kamila Nocońaffiliation printed on the 2024 mortaria paper2024
- S. Medekszamember (from 1984)Papuci-Władyka 2020
Fieldwork · 1
- Kazimierz Michałowskifounder (1959–1981) · founder (1959); director of its Polish mission at Kato Paphos · dug for itNécrologie (Kazimierz Michałowski) 1981Nicolaou 1966, p. 411959–1981
Sources
- 1.K. Nicolaou (1966). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1961-66”. Archaeological Reports 12, 27-43. Online
- 2.V. Karageorghis (1974). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1973”. Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 98.
- 3.D. J. Symons (1986-1987). “Archaeology in Cyprus, 1981-85”. Archaeological Reports 33, 62-77.
- 4.Louise Steel (1997-1998). “Archaeology in Cyprus 1987-1997”. Archaeological Reports 44, 137-149.
- 5.Ellen Herscher (1995). “Archaeology in Cyprus”. American Journal of Archaeology 99, 257-294.
- 6.E. Papuci-Władyka (ed.) (2020). Interdisciplinary Research of the Jagiellonian University in Nea Paphos UNESCO World Heritage Site (2011-2015): First Results.
- 7. (1981). “Nécrologie (Kazimierz Michałowski)”. Bulletin de la Société française d'égyptologie 90.