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Each year, the individual departments of the Polish Academy of Sciences recognise scientists for their remarkable accomplishments and innovative research efforts. The prestigious PAS departmental awards hold significant esteem within the scientific community. These awards are presented annually to both Polish researchers and foreign scientists working in Poland for their exceptional and creative contributions to science. Nominations are put forward by members of the Polish Academy of Sciences and by those affiliated with specific scientific and problem committees of each department.
This year, the recipients of the awards from the Department I of Humanities and Social Sciences are: https://pan.pl/nagrody-naukowe-wydzialu-i-pan-w-2024-roku/
Links to both volumes of the publication Ancient Egyptian Clothing: Studies in Late Period Private Representations:
https://brill.com/display/title/64381
https://brill.com/display/title/59306
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We are delighted to announce that Dr Katarzyna Kapiec has been awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for the outstanding PhD dissertation. The thesis, titled "The Southern Room of Amun in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari: Its Decoration and Ritual Function in the Upper Courtyard Complex", was supervised by Professor Ewa Laskowska-Kusztal and defended in 2023 at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. Dr Kapiec's work has been recognised for its comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the decoration and ritual function of one of the rooms in the temple of Hatshepsut, a site that stands as one of the most significant monuments of ancient Egyptian art and architecture. The full list of award recipients can be found on the website: https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/nagrody-premiera
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It is with great pleasure that the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures and the Humanities Department of the University of Trieste invite everyone interested to the conference "Ancient Egypt in context: The role of Egypt and Egyptology in shaping European culture of the 19th and 20th century", which will take place both in presence in Trieste and online via MS Teams on 21 and 22 November.
The conference, co-organized by the Institute and by the Humanities Department of the University of Trieste, focuses on how cultural and political trends influenced the practice of Egyptology or on how political propaganda exploited the image of ancient Egypt and its artefacts. The conference languages are Italian and English. The complete programme is attached here.
For those interested in joining online, please get in touch with Susanna Moser at and you will be provided with the access link.
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The Centre of Research for Egyptian Temple, Polish Academy of Sciences
cordially invites you for the lecture on
The temple of Amenhotep III at Wadi es-Sebua:
Analyzing its evolving theological setting and ritual focus
The lecture will take place d. 25 November 2024 at 2 p.m.
in room no. 166 (1st floor), Staszic Palace, 72. Nowy Świat, Warsaw + online
The presentation will focus on the numerous alterations traceable in the wall paintings from the inner part of a cult building erected by Amenhotep III (14th century BCE) at Wadi es-Sebua in northern Nubia.
These unique paintings have been kept in the magazines of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC) since their removal from the temple in 1964. Due to lack of information about this rescue operation and the submergence of the temple building, the knowledge about this important archaeological site had gradually declined over the years. During recent years the paintings have been investigated as part of a larger study by the Wadi es-Sebua Project, headed by the speaker. In this project we also worked at the reconstruction of the building phases of the temple and the setting up of a permanent exhibition of the paintings in a redesigned area of the EMC, opened in September 2023.
Our examination of the paintings by various multimodal imaging techniques revealed very complex sequences of paint layers in some parts of the walls. Varied segments of the decoration underwent numerous alterations at different points in time. The stratigraphy of the paint layers shall be presented and discussed as well as an interpretation of these modifications based upon their historical and religious setting.
Prof. Dr. Martina Ullmann is the Associate Professor of Egyptology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.
Main Areas of Research:
● Egyptian temples, especially architectural features, decoration programs, theology and cult
● Morphology and evolution of sacred landscapes in Egypt and Nubia
● Royal ideology and royal cult in Egypt and Nubia
● History of Egyptology at LMU Munich
Current Main Projects:
● The temple of Amenhotep III at Wadi es-Sebua within the ritual landscape of ancient Nubia
● Conservation and exhibition of paintings from the palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata in the Egyptian Museum Cairo
Link to the lecture is HERE
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We are pleased to announce that Dr Nicolas Levi (Section for the Study of Cultures along the Silk Road, Department of Modern Cultures of Asia and Africa) has been awarded funding under the MINIATURA 8 competition for the project entitled “An analysis of the heritage of Confucianism on the Korean Peninsula based on documents of the Research Center of the Cultural Preservation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) – Library queries in Seoul”.
A list of subsidised projects is available on https://www.ncn.gov.pl/konkursy/wyniki/miniatura8.
We would like to congratulate Dr Nicolas Levi and wish him much success!
