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DOI Artikel:Majcherek, Grzegorz: Kom el-Dikka: excavations, 1997/98
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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATIONS, 1997/98
Grzegorz Maj cherek
In 1997198, as every year in view of the long-term character of the project, the excavations
were spread out all over the area, continuing already advanced research in different sectors
of the site.1) Apart from ongoing archaeological investigations integrally connected with the
conservation program in the area of the cisterns (see report on the preservation work by
W. Kolgtaj in this volume), the main objectives of this year's campaign were twofold:
• Excavation of parts of the Medieval cemeteries on the western extremes of the site (sector
CV) and in the corner of the Bath gymnasium (sector Q).
• Continued exploration of the complex of Early Roman villas discovered in the space
between the Late Roman bath and the cisterns (sector F).
Limited archaeological research was also conducted in the southeastern part of the
Residential Quarter, east of street R4 (sector Wl). This work was carried out as part of
a separate Mosaics Conservation Project funded by an USAID-Egyptian Antiquities Project
Grant.
The archaeological excavations continued uninterruptedly over a period from October 1997 to July 30, 1998. The team
headed by Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek. included: Mmes Iwona Zych, Elzbieta Kotosowska, Renata Kucharczyk, Agnieszka
Talar and Mr. Mikotaj Budzanowski, archaeologists; Mrs. Malgorzata Redlak, Islamologist; Misses Ewa Wiewiorka,
Katarzyna Wodarska, students of archaeology. Mr. Waldemar Jerke, Polish Center photographer, handled the photograph-
ic documentation efficiently as usual.
The mission would like to acknowledge gratefully the friendly support of Prof. Dr. Gaballa Ali Gaballa, Secretary
General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and the invaluable help of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Fatah, Director General of the
Alexandrian Sites and Museums. Our thanks also go to Mr. Abdel Salam Bakr, General Director of the SCA Egyptian
Antiquities Sector, for his unfailing efforts in clearing administrative problems. We are also much indebted to the
Governorate of Alexandria for extensive help in the evacuation of earth from the site. Last but not least, we owe sincere
thanks to Mr. Ahmed Moussa, site inspector, whose assistance and friendly cooperation has made our task possible to com-
plete.
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EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATIONS, 1997/98
Grzegorz Maj cherek
In 1997198, as every year in view of the long-term character of the project, the excavations
were spread out all over the area, continuing already advanced research in different sectors
of the site.1) Apart from ongoing archaeological investigations integrally connected with the
conservation program in the area of the cisterns (see report on the preservation work by
W. Kolgtaj in this volume), the main objectives of this year's campaign were twofold:
• Excavation of parts of the Medieval cemeteries on the western extremes of the site (sector
CV) and in the corner of the Bath gymnasium (sector Q).
• Continued exploration of the complex of Early Roman villas discovered in the space
between the Late Roman bath and the cisterns (sector F).
Limited archaeological research was also conducted in the southeastern part of the
Residential Quarter, east of street R4 (sector Wl). This work was carried out as part of
a separate Mosaics Conservation Project funded by an USAID-Egyptian Antiquities Project
Grant.
The archaeological excavations continued uninterruptedly over a period from October 1997 to July 30, 1998. The team
headed by Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek. included: Mmes Iwona Zych, Elzbieta Kotosowska, Renata Kucharczyk, Agnieszka
Talar and Mr. Mikotaj Budzanowski, archaeologists; Mrs. Malgorzata Redlak, Islamologist; Misses Ewa Wiewiorka,
Katarzyna Wodarska, students of archaeology. Mr. Waldemar Jerke, Polish Center photographer, handled the photograph-
ic documentation efficiently as usual.
The mission would like to acknowledge gratefully the friendly support of Prof. Dr. Gaballa Ali Gaballa, Secretary
General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and the invaluable help of Mr. Ahmed Abdel Fatah, Director General of the
Alexandrian Sites and Museums. Our thanks also go to Mr. Abdel Salam Bakr, General Director of the SCA Egyptian
Antiquities Sector, for his unfailing efforts in clearing administrative problems. We are also much indebted to the
Governorate of Alexandria for extensive help in the evacuation of earth from the site. Last but not least, we owe sincere
thanks to Mr. Ahmed Moussa, site inspector, whose assistance and friendly cooperation has made our task possible to com-
plete.
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