Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN

EGYPT

MARINA EL-ALAMEIN
PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION
IN 2005

Stanisiaw Medeksza
with
Rafat Czerner, Grazyna B^kowska, Malgorzata Mrozek, Piotr Zambrzycki,
Wieslaw Grzegorek and Malgorzata Krawczyk

The Polish-Egyptian Preservation Mission carried out the eleventh season of work at the site of
Marina el-Alamein from April 13 to May 30, 2003.1
The work program in 2003 was focused on the ruins of housing from the Graeco-Roman
period: HI, H2 and H21c, situated in the northern part of the ancient town, and on tombs
T6 and T12 in the western end of the town's necropolis {Fig. 1}. Due to circumstances beyond
the mission's control, the pace of the conservation and restoration work had to be adjusted to
available means and building materials leftover from the previous seasons. Even so, the effects
of the seasons work cannot be said to be insubstantial.

1 The team included Prof. Dr. Stanisiaw Medeksza, Director; Dr. Rafal Czerner, architect, deputy director; Mr. Wieslaw
Grzegorek and Ms Malgorzata Krawczyk, architects; Dr. Grazyna B^kowska, archaeologist; Mr. Piotr Zambrzycki,
stone and sculpture conservator; and Ms Malgorzata Mrozek, geologist. Ms Renata Kucharczyk and Dr. Grzegorz
Majcherek, archaeologists, participated in the work intermittently. The Egyptian side was represented by Mr. Mahmud
Yasin, Director of the Marina el-Alamein Site, and Inspector Mr. Mustafa Younis Minazea, both of whom were of
immeasurable assistance throughout the season.

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