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DOI Artikel:Majcherek, Grzegorz: Kom el-Dikka: excavations, 1998/99
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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATIONS, 1998/99
Grzegorz Majcherek
The excavation strategy in the 1998/99 season (from October 1, 1998, until June 30,
1999) was governed to a degree by the requirements of the Kom el-Dikka Preservation
Project.2) Top priority was given to landscaping and accompanying archaeological work,
essential to prepare the ground for completing the first stage of this Project, which entails the
opening of the southern part of the site to the public.
Evacuation of soil and debris from various areas of the site was one of the most urgent
issues. Some 8000 m3 of modern (mostly 19 th century) accumulation were removed from the
Theater Portico area. Intensive landscaping was also carried out on the site of the newly built
entrance gate from Saphia Zaghloul street, from where some 1400 m^ of soil were removed.
An additional 1000 md of soil newly excavated from the trenches was again removed from
the mound in the central part of the site.
The evacuation of these deposits was made possible thanks to substantial financial sup-
port from the Polish Government and assistance from the Governorate of Alexandria.
15 The team headed by Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek included: Mrs. Renata Kucharczyk, Mrs. Elzbieta Kolosowska, archaeol-
ogists; Mrs. Malgorzata Eukowska, architect; Mr. Maciej Warchol, architect-conservator; Mrs. Malgorzata Redlak,
Islamologist; Ms Teresa Witkowska, archaeologist; Ms Anetta Eyzwa and Ms Joanna Szewczyk, students of archaeology; Mr.
Waldemar Jerke, photographer of the Polish Center. Mr. Ahmed Mousa participated again as representative of the Supreme
Council of Antiquities.
The Mission gratefully acknowledges its debt to Prof. Dr. Gaballa Ali Gaballa, Secretary General of the Supreme
Council of Antiquities, and to all the SCA staff in Alexandria for their cooperation and friendly support, which is essential
to the successful outcome of our work.
We are also much indebted to the Governor of Alexandria, Mr. Mohammed Abdel Salam Mahgoub, for his invaluable
help in accomplishing the evacuation of earth from the site.
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EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATIONS, 1998/99
Grzegorz Majcherek
The excavation strategy in the 1998/99 season (from October 1, 1998, until June 30,
1999) was governed to a degree by the requirements of the Kom el-Dikka Preservation
Project.2) Top priority was given to landscaping and accompanying archaeological work,
essential to prepare the ground for completing the first stage of this Project, which entails the
opening of the southern part of the site to the public.
Evacuation of soil and debris from various areas of the site was one of the most urgent
issues. Some 8000 m3 of modern (mostly 19 th century) accumulation were removed from the
Theater Portico area. Intensive landscaping was also carried out on the site of the newly built
entrance gate from Saphia Zaghloul street, from where some 1400 m^ of soil were removed.
An additional 1000 md of soil newly excavated from the trenches was again removed from
the mound in the central part of the site.
The evacuation of these deposits was made possible thanks to substantial financial sup-
port from the Polish Government and assistance from the Governorate of Alexandria.
15 The team headed by Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek included: Mrs. Renata Kucharczyk, Mrs. Elzbieta Kolosowska, archaeol-
ogists; Mrs. Malgorzata Eukowska, architect; Mr. Maciej Warchol, architect-conservator; Mrs. Malgorzata Redlak,
Islamologist; Ms Teresa Witkowska, archaeologist; Ms Anetta Eyzwa and Ms Joanna Szewczyk, students of archaeology; Mr.
Waldemar Jerke, photographer of the Polish Center. Mr. Ahmed Mousa participated again as representative of the Supreme
Council of Antiquities.
The Mission gratefully acknowledges its debt to Prof. Dr. Gaballa Ali Gaballa, Secretary General of the Supreme
Council of Antiquities, and to all the SCA staff in Alexandria for their cooperation and friendly support, which is essential
to the successful outcome of our work.
We are also much indebted to the Governor of Alexandria, Mr. Mohammed Abdel Salam Mahgoub, for his invaluable
help in accomplishing the evacuation of earth from the site.
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