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DOI Artikel:Daszewski, Wiktor Andrzej; Zych, Iwona; Bąkowska, Grażyna; Błaszczyk, Artur: Marina el-Alamein: excavation report, 2005
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MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EGYPT
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EXCAVATION REPORT, 2005
Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski
in collaboration with
Iwona Zych, Grazyna B^kowska and Artur Blaszczyk
The excavations of the Polish Archaeological Mission at the site of Marina el-Alamein took
place from March 7 to April 11, 2005.1
The team focused its activities on further excavations of the architecture around the mam
square (forum) in the central part of the site (for a map of the site, see reports in earlier volumes
of PAM). The shops in the southeastern corner of the square, uncovered last year, were now
completely excavated and the trench moved eastwards to uncover more rooms. On the other side
of an alley that runs alongside these shops to the south, the complex of the civic basilica was
explored still further, uncovering a passage to the west with an important inscription.
Concurrently, explorations continued of the mausoleum-hypogeum Tomb 21, uncovering the
main burial chamber, as well as doing additional work on the collapsed fagade of the
mausoleum. The work in this tomb remains to be completed.
A full anthropological study of the skeletal remains from the mam burial chamber of Tomb
21, as well as from Tombs 29 and 30, excavated in the previous season is reported on in the
Appendix to this report.
1 The team, directed by Prof. Dr. W.A. Daszewski, comprised Dr. Grazyna B^kowska, Mrs. Iwona Zych, archaeologists;
Mr. Artur Blaszczyk, architect; Ms Joanna Lis, conservator. Prof. Dr. Maria Kaczmarek, anthropologist, and Ms Urszula
Wicenciak, ceramologist-documentalist, took part in the work for two weeks. Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek briefly examined
the pottery from the season. The SCA was represented by Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Amin.
The Mission would like to express its gratitude to the SCA authorities, especially the Secretary General, Dr. Zahi
Hawass, and Dr. Abdel Maqsud, Director General of Lower Egyptian Antiquities, for their understanding and
comprehensive assistance throughout the season.
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EGYPT
MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
EXCAVATION REPORT, 2005
Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski
in collaboration with
Iwona Zych, Grazyna B^kowska and Artur Blaszczyk
The excavations of the Polish Archaeological Mission at the site of Marina el-Alamein took
place from March 7 to April 11, 2005.1
The team focused its activities on further excavations of the architecture around the mam
square (forum) in the central part of the site (for a map of the site, see reports in earlier volumes
of PAM). The shops in the southeastern corner of the square, uncovered last year, were now
completely excavated and the trench moved eastwards to uncover more rooms. On the other side
of an alley that runs alongside these shops to the south, the complex of the civic basilica was
explored still further, uncovering a passage to the west with an important inscription.
Concurrently, explorations continued of the mausoleum-hypogeum Tomb 21, uncovering the
main burial chamber, as well as doing additional work on the collapsed fagade of the
mausoleum. The work in this tomb remains to be completed.
A full anthropological study of the skeletal remains from the mam burial chamber of Tomb
21, as well as from Tombs 29 and 30, excavated in the previous season is reported on in the
Appendix to this report.
1 The team, directed by Prof. Dr. W.A. Daszewski, comprised Dr. Grazyna B^kowska, Mrs. Iwona Zych, archaeologists;
Mr. Artur Blaszczyk, architect; Ms Joanna Lis, conservator. Prof. Dr. Maria Kaczmarek, anthropologist, and Ms Urszula
Wicenciak, ceramologist-documentalist, took part in the work for two weeks. Dr. Grzegorz Majcherek briefly examined
the pottery from the season. The SCA was represented by Mr. Ahmed Mohamed Amin.
The Mission would like to express its gratitude to the SCA authorities, especially the Secretary General, Dr. Zahi
Hawass, and Dr. Abdel Maqsud, Director General of Lower Egyptian Antiquities, for their understanding and
comprehensive assistance throughout the season.
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