Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (15.2003(2004))

TELL FARAMA

EGYPT

TELL FARAMA
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON A SEASON
OF POLISH-EGYPTIAN EXCAVATIONS
Michal Gawlikowski

At tbe initiative of Dr Mohammad Abdel Maqsoud, Director General of Lower Egyptian
Antiquities, a team from the Polish Center of Archaeology in Cairo undertook a short
campaign (11-28 August 2003) at the site of the theater ofFarama (ancient Pelusium).1>
The theater was discovered and partly explored in 1992/93 by Ahmad Taba'i for the
SC A. It was surveyed in May 1993 by Dr. Wojciech Kotqtaj, then architect of the Polish
Center, Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek, and Dr. Mohammad Abdel Maqsoud.

1) The team included, beside the present writer, Dr. Krzysztof Jakubiak, archaeologist; Mr. Michal Smola, architect; and
Mr. Dominik Elkowicz, a scholarship holder of the Center. The SCA was represented by the inspectors Mr. Mohammad al-
Bayoumi al-Shaqra and Mr. Osama Ahmad. We were accommodated at the SCA premises in Qantara East, and enjoyed the
helpful company of its employees. Our work was made easier by the assistance and advice of Dr. Mohammad Abdel Sarnie,
Director of Antiquities of North Sinai.

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