DOI issue:
Egypt
DOI article:Majcherek, Grzegorz; Kołątaj, Wojciech: Alexandria: excavations and preservation work 2001/2002
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.41370#0021
ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
ALEXANDRIA
EXCAVATIONS AND PRESERVATION WORK
2001/2002
Grzegorz Majcherek, Wojciech Koi^taj
The Preservation and Archaeological Project at Korn el-Dikka is financed jointly by the
Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Polish Centre of Archaeology of Warsaw University
in Cairo. The campaign covered in this report was carried out between October 2001 and the
end of June 2002.r> Work was largely conditioned by the demands of the Kom el-Dikka
Preservation Project, requiring top priority to be accorded excavations and preservation
activities in the Theatre Portico.
A project for the cleaning and conservation of the vast coin collection proceeded
concurrently, as did a study of amphora stamps from earlier excavations. The latter has been
concluded and the collection (578 objects in all) has been transferred to the SC A storerooms.
1) Until December the mission was headed by Dr. Wojciech Kol^taj who has now retired after devoting more than 25
years of his professional life to the Project. From January 2002 onwards the mission was directed by Dr. Grzegorz
Majcherek. The staff included: Mrs. Renata Kucharczyk, Mrs. Iwona Zych, Ms Grazyna B^kowska, Ms Marta Zuchowska,
archaeologists; Mr. Wieslaw Kuczewski, Mr. Wladyslaw Weker, Mrs. Ewa Parandowska, conservators; Ms Daria Tarara,
architect; as well as Ms Eliza Szpakowska, Ms Agnieszka Niemirka, Ms Aleksandra Iwanowska and Ms Paulina Lis, students
of archaeology. Due to a busy schedule, Prof. Barbara Lichocka, was able to join the team for a few days only. Messrs. Ahmed
Mussa and Mohammed el-Senussi efficiently represented the Supreme Council of Antiquities. As always, the Mission was
assured the invaluable help and friendly assistance of the SCA staff in Alexandria, to whom we are immeasurably indebted.
Special thanks are due Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and Dr. Mohammed
Abdel Maqsud, Director General for Lower Egypt — without their support we could have hardly accomplished as much as
we have over the course of this season.
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EGYPT
ALEXANDRIA
EXCAVATIONS AND PRESERVATION WORK
2001/2002
Grzegorz Majcherek, Wojciech Koi^taj
The Preservation and Archaeological Project at Korn el-Dikka is financed jointly by the
Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Polish Centre of Archaeology of Warsaw University
in Cairo. The campaign covered in this report was carried out between October 2001 and the
end of June 2002.r> Work was largely conditioned by the demands of the Kom el-Dikka
Preservation Project, requiring top priority to be accorded excavations and preservation
activities in the Theatre Portico.
A project for the cleaning and conservation of the vast coin collection proceeded
concurrently, as did a study of amphora stamps from earlier excavations. The latter has been
concluded and the collection (578 objects in all) has been transferred to the SC A storerooms.
1) Until December the mission was headed by Dr. Wojciech Kol^taj who has now retired after devoting more than 25
years of his professional life to the Project. From January 2002 onwards the mission was directed by Dr. Grzegorz
Majcherek. The staff included: Mrs. Renata Kucharczyk, Mrs. Iwona Zych, Ms Grazyna B^kowska, Ms Marta Zuchowska,
archaeologists; Mr. Wieslaw Kuczewski, Mr. Wladyslaw Weker, Mrs. Ewa Parandowska, conservators; Ms Daria Tarara,
architect; as well as Ms Eliza Szpakowska, Ms Agnieszka Niemirka, Ms Aleksandra Iwanowska and Ms Paulina Lis, students
of archaeology. Due to a busy schedule, Prof. Barbara Lichocka, was able to join the team for a few days only. Messrs. Ahmed
Mussa and Mohammed el-Senussi efficiently represented the Supreme Council of Antiquities. As always, the Mission was
assured the invaluable help and friendly assistance of the SCA staff in Alexandria, to whom we are immeasurably indebted.
Special thanks are due Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and Dr. Mohammed
Abdel Maqsud, Director General for Lower Egypt — without their support we could have hardly accomplished as much as
we have over the course of this season.
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