Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (15.2003(2004))

ALEXANDRIA

EGYPT

KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATIONS AND PRESERVATION
WORK, 2002/2003
Grzegorz Majcherek

The season, which lasted from September 2002 to the end ofJune 2003, ^ should be seen as
a continuation of the ongoing Alexandria Kom el-Dikka Site Preservation and
Archaeological Project. Fieldwork this year focused primarily on the sectors of the Theatre
Portico and the Baths complex. The project to classify and document the medieval ceramics
collection progressed as well, with another class of the material, the Syro-Egyptian
Underglazed Painted Pottery produced between the late 12th and early 16th century AD,
being studied in detail,1 2)
1) The Preservation and Archaeological Project at Kom el-Dikka is financed jointly by the Supreme Council of Antiquities
and the Polish Centre of Archaeology in Cairo. The staff included: Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek, director; Mrs. Renata
Kucharczyk, Mrs. Iwona Zych, Mr. Tomasz Pelc, Mr. Piotr Jgdroszyk, Ms Anna Szczepanik, Mrs. Malgorzata Redlak,
Mr. Dominik Elkowicz, Ms Dobrochna Zielinska, archaeologists; Ms Joanna Lis, Mrs. Ewa Parandowska, Mr. Piotr
Wilczynski, Mr. Grzegorz Kieferling, Mr. Wieslaw Kuczewski, conservators; Mr. Aureliusz Pisarzewski, architect; and
Mr. Waldemar Jerke, photographer. Mr. Ahmed Moussa and Ms Hosnaa Mohammed Fahmi, SCA inspectors, shared with
us the burden of work. As always, the Mission enjoyed the invaluable help and friendly support of Dr. Zahi Hawass,
Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, as well as of the various SCA authorities both in Cairo and in
Alexandria. Our thanks to all of them.
2) Cf. communication by M. Redlak in this volume.

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