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DOI Artikel:Szymańska, Hanna; Babraj, Krzysztof: Marea: fourth season of excavations
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MAREA
EGYPT
MAREA
FOURTH SEASON OF EXCAVATIONS
Hanna Szymanska, Krzysztof Babraj
The fourth field campaign of the Polish Mission at Marea lasted from August 9 to October 1,
2003■ The work was sponsored by the State Committee for Scientific Research of the Republic
of Roland (grant 3 H01H 042 21), the Polish Center of Archaeology of Warsaw
University and private sponsors. ^
The season's objectives were twofold: to explore a funerary chapel recorded during the
previous field campaign1 2) and to open excavations in the basilical church. Preservation work
was carried out wherever required throughout the season. Especially in the apse of the basilica
it was necessary to introduce beams to support the collapsing structure of the steps and to
safeguard the stone vault of one of the crypts.
1) The team was directed by Dr. Hanna Szymanska and comprised: Mr. Krzysztof Babraj, deputy director; Mrs. Renata
Kucharczyk, archaeologist; Prof. Dr. Ewa Wipszycka-Bravo, historian; Dr. Tomasz Derda, epigraphist; Ms Daria Tarara,
architect; Mr. Grzegorz Kieferling, conservator and archaeologist; Ms Joanna Babraj, draftsperson; and Mr. Tomasz K&larus,
photographer. The Supreme Council of Antiquities was represented by Mrs. Raheb Mohammed, inspector.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of
Antiquities, and Dr. Mohammed Maqsud, General Director of the SCA Egyptian Antiquities Sector, for their contribution
to the success of the expedition. We could not have accomplished our objectives this season were it not for the friendly
cooperation of Dr. Ahmed Abdel Fattah, General Director of Alexandrian Antiquities.
2) See PAM XIV, Reports 2002 (2003), 48, fig. 11.
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EGYPT
MAREA
FOURTH SEASON OF EXCAVATIONS
Hanna Szymanska, Krzysztof Babraj
The fourth field campaign of the Polish Mission at Marea lasted from August 9 to October 1,
2003■ The work was sponsored by the State Committee for Scientific Research of the Republic
of Roland (grant 3 H01H 042 21), the Polish Center of Archaeology of Warsaw
University and private sponsors. ^
The season's objectives were twofold: to explore a funerary chapel recorded during the
previous field campaign1 2) and to open excavations in the basilical church. Preservation work
was carried out wherever required throughout the season. Especially in the apse of the basilica
it was necessary to introduce beams to support the collapsing structure of the steps and to
safeguard the stone vault of one of the crypts.
1) The team was directed by Dr. Hanna Szymanska and comprised: Mr. Krzysztof Babraj, deputy director; Mrs. Renata
Kucharczyk, archaeologist; Prof. Dr. Ewa Wipszycka-Bravo, historian; Dr. Tomasz Derda, epigraphist; Ms Daria Tarara,
architect; Mr. Grzegorz Kieferling, conservator and archaeologist; Ms Joanna Babraj, draftsperson; and Mr. Tomasz K&larus,
photographer. The Supreme Council of Antiquities was represented by Mrs. Raheb Mohammed, inspector.
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of Egypt’s Supreme Council of
Antiquities, and Dr. Mohammed Maqsud, General Director of the SCA Egyptian Antiquities Sector, for their contribution
to the success of the expedition. We could not have accomplished our objectives this season were it not for the friendly
cooperation of Dr. Ahmed Abdel Fattah, General Director of Alexandrian Antiquities.
2) See PAM XIV, Reports 2002 (2003), 48, fig. 11.
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