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DOI Artikel:Majcherek, Grzegorz: Kom el-Dikka: excavation and preservation work preliminary report, 2004/2005
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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATION AND PRESERVATION WORK
PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2004/2005
Grzegorz Majcherek
The Kom el-Dikka Archaeological and Preservation Project in Alexandria proceeded un-
interrupted from September 2004 until the end of August 2003,1 a key objective being the
stepping up of already advanced preservation work aimed at establishing a fully accessible
open-air display of the uncovered monuments. This was closely connected with the recurrent
task of removing soil and debris from the central and western parts of the archaeological site,
prerequisite to a planned upgrading of this part.
The current restoration program necessitated also relevant archaeological research,
concentrated mainly in the western area of the site.
In addition to the excavations, team members continued the study of medieval glazed pot-
tery and associated finds from Kom el-Dikka, this in preparation for a comprehensive
publication of the collection. The recording work concentrated this year on the Sgraff and Slip
Painted group of Mamluk pottery finds.2
1 The Kom el-Dikka Project is financed jointly by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (restoration work) and the Polish
Center of Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University (archaeological research). The team headed by Dr. Grzegorz
Majcherek included: Ms Renata Kucharczyk, archaeologist, Deputy Director; Prof. Dr. Barbara Lichocka, numismatist;
Ms Ewa Czyzewska, Ms Emanuela Kulicka, Ms Anastazja Stupko, Ms Joanna Then, Ms Urszula Wicenciak, Mr. Marek
Wozniak, archaeologists; Dr. Wojciech Koljtaj, Mr. Aureliusz Pisarzewski, architects; Mr. Wieslaw Kuczewski,
conservator. The Supreme Council of Antiquities was represented throughout the season by Mr. Ahmed Moussa, Chief
Inspector; Ms Tahany Ragab, Mr. Mohammed el-Mustafa, Ms Magda Mohammed Ibrahim, Ms Magda Mohammed
Hasib and Ms Shayma Rashid, inspectors, all of whom actively participated in our work. The assistance given by the
SCA is much appreciated and we would like to express our sincere gratitude especially to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary
General of the SCA, and to Dr. Mohammed Abdel Maqsud, Director General of Lower Egyptian Antiquities, for their
competent and far-reaching support throughout the work.
2 Ms Malgorzata Redlak continued on the project. For previous stages of the research, see M. Redlak, "Syro-Egyptian
underglaze painted ceramics from Kom el-Dikka", PAM XV, Reports 2003 (2004), 46-52.
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EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATION AND PRESERVATION WORK
PRELIMINARY REPORT, 2004/2005
Grzegorz Majcherek
The Kom el-Dikka Archaeological and Preservation Project in Alexandria proceeded un-
interrupted from September 2004 until the end of August 2003,1 a key objective being the
stepping up of already advanced preservation work aimed at establishing a fully accessible
open-air display of the uncovered monuments. This was closely connected with the recurrent
task of removing soil and debris from the central and western parts of the archaeological site,
prerequisite to a planned upgrading of this part.
The current restoration program necessitated also relevant archaeological research,
concentrated mainly in the western area of the site.
In addition to the excavations, team members continued the study of medieval glazed pot-
tery and associated finds from Kom el-Dikka, this in preparation for a comprehensive
publication of the collection. The recording work concentrated this year on the Sgraff and Slip
Painted group of Mamluk pottery finds.2
1 The Kom el-Dikka Project is financed jointly by the Supreme Council of Antiquities (restoration work) and the Polish
Center of Mediterranean Archaeology of Warsaw University (archaeological research). The team headed by Dr. Grzegorz
Majcherek included: Ms Renata Kucharczyk, archaeologist, Deputy Director; Prof. Dr. Barbara Lichocka, numismatist;
Ms Ewa Czyzewska, Ms Emanuela Kulicka, Ms Anastazja Stupko, Ms Joanna Then, Ms Urszula Wicenciak, Mr. Marek
Wozniak, archaeologists; Dr. Wojciech Koljtaj, Mr. Aureliusz Pisarzewski, architects; Mr. Wieslaw Kuczewski,
conservator. The Supreme Council of Antiquities was represented throughout the season by Mr. Ahmed Moussa, Chief
Inspector; Ms Tahany Ragab, Mr. Mohammed el-Mustafa, Ms Magda Mohammed Ibrahim, Ms Magda Mohammed
Hasib and Ms Shayma Rashid, inspectors, all of whom actively participated in our work. The assistance given by the
SCA is much appreciated and we would like to express our sincere gratitude especially to Dr. Zahi Hawass, Secretary
General of the SCA, and to Dr. Mohammed Abdel Maqsud, Director General of Lower Egyptian Antiquities, for their
competent and far-reaching support throughout the work.
2 Ms Malgorzata Redlak continued on the project. For previous stages of the research, see M. Redlak, "Syro-Egyptian
underglaze painted ceramics from Kom el-Dikka", PAM XV, Reports 2003 (2004), 46-52.
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