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DOI Artikel:Szymańska, Hanna; Babraj, Krzysztof: Marea: first interim report, 2000
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MAREA
EGYPT
MAREA
FIRST INTERIM REPORT, 2000
Hanna Szymanska, Krzysztof Babraj
The site of Marea is located c. 45 km southwest of Alexandria, on the southern hank of
Lake Maryut (ancient Mareotis) (Fig. 1). The three principal objectives of the first season
conducted by a Polish expedition was to map the concession area, record extant architectural
remains, and excavate, if possible, one of the structures. The work, which proceeded from
October 22 to November 30, 2000, was sponsored by Warsaw University's Center of
Archaeology, as well as a number of private institutions and individuals.1')
1) Dr. Hanna Szymanska directed a team, which included: Mr. Krzysztof Babraj and Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek,
archaeologists; Prof. Dr. Elzbieta Mycielska-Dowgiatlo and Ms. Barbara Woronko, geologists-sedimentologists; Dr. Eng.
Mieczyslaw Niepokolczycki, topographer; Ms. Daria Tarara, architect; Mr. Tomasz Kalarus, photographer; and Ms. Teresa
Zurkowska-Mastalerz, restorer. The Supreme Council of Antiquities was represented by Mr. Ahmed Arabi, inspector. Our
most sincere thanks go to Dr. Wojciech Kolataj for his generous and invaluable suggestions concerning the interpretation
of the baths.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Prof. Dr. Gaballa Ali Gaballa, Secretary General of the Supreme
Council of Antiquities, and Mr. Abd el-Salam Bakr, General Director of the SCA Egyptian Antiquities Sector for their
support and encouragement. Our work would not have been successful without the cooperation of Mr. Adly Roushdy Amir,
General Director of the Alexandrian Antiquities Department.
We would like to express our gratitude to the institutions and private donators, without whose financial aid the
excavations could hardly have proceeded: ES-System, Firma Mrozek, Austrian Airlines, as well as Teresa Zurkowska-
Mastalerz, Daria Tarara and Tomasz Gizbert Studnicki.
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EGYPT
MAREA
FIRST INTERIM REPORT, 2000
Hanna Szymanska, Krzysztof Babraj
The site of Marea is located c. 45 km southwest of Alexandria, on the southern hank of
Lake Maryut (ancient Mareotis) (Fig. 1). The three principal objectives of the first season
conducted by a Polish expedition was to map the concession area, record extant architectural
remains, and excavate, if possible, one of the structures. The work, which proceeded from
October 22 to November 30, 2000, was sponsored by Warsaw University's Center of
Archaeology, as well as a number of private institutions and individuals.1')
1) Dr. Hanna Szymanska directed a team, which included: Mr. Krzysztof Babraj and Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek,
archaeologists; Prof. Dr. Elzbieta Mycielska-Dowgiatlo and Ms. Barbara Woronko, geologists-sedimentologists; Dr. Eng.
Mieczyslaw Niepokolczycki, topographer; Ms. Daria Tarara, architect; Mr. Tomasz Kalarus, photographer; and Ms. Teresa
Zurkowska-Mastalerz, restorer. The Supreme Council of Antiquities was represented by Mr. Ahmed Arabi, inspector. Our
most sincere thanks go to Dr. Wojciech Kolataj for his generous and invaluable suggestions concerning the interpretation
of the baths.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Prof. Dr. Gaballa Ali Gaballa, Secretary General of the Supreme
Council of Antiquities, and Mr. Abd el-Salam Bakr, General Director of the SCA Egyptian Antiquities Sector for their
support and encouragement. Our work would not have been successful without the cooperation of Mr. Adly Roushdy Amir,
General Director of the Alexandrian Antiquities Department.
We would like to express our gratitude to the institutions and private donators, without whose financial aid the
excavations could hardly have proceeded: ES-System, Firma Mrozek, Austrian Airlines, as well as Teresa Zurkowska-
Mastalerz, Daria Tarara and Tomasz Gizbert Studnicki.
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