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DOI Artikel:Majcherek, Grzegorz: Kom el-Dikka: excavation and preservation work, 2005/2006
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ALEXANDRIA
EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATION AND PRESERVATION
WORK, 2005/2006
Grzegorz Majcherek
Following the summer break the PCMA’s Polish-Fgyptian Archaeological and Preservation
Mission resumed work on I 5 September 2005 and continued through the end of June 2006.1
Last season saw considerable progress in the site presentation project with a thorough
facelift of the immediate surroundings of the theater, initiated by the Supreme Council of
Antiquities (see below).2
Accruing excavation dumps in the central and western parts of the site (altogether some
3000 cubic meters of soil and debris) were removed in an operation opening for further
exploration the area believed to contain more of the Late Antique auditoria. The operation
was made possible thanks to a generous contribution from Dr. Roger Bagnall (Columbia
University) with funds provided by the Andrew H. Mellon Foundation.
1 The team headed by Grzegorz Majcherek included: Renata Kucharczyk (archaeologist, Deputy Director); Barbara
Lichocka, numismatist; Emanuela Kulicka, Urszula Wicenciak, Marek Wozniak, archaeologists; Daria Tarara and
Aureliusz Pisarzewski, architects; Wieslaw Kuczewski, restorer; and Waldemar Jerke, photographer. The Supreme
Council for Antiquities was represented throughout the season by Mohammed Senussi, Mohsen el-Sayeh, Khulud
Shawky and Hossam el-Misiri, all of whom participated actively in our work. The Mission also offered field training
for SCA junior personel: Amal Hassan, Bahgat Ibrahim and Hossam el-Misiri.
The Mission would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, especially to
its Secretary General Dr. Zahi Hawass, and to Dr. Mohammed Abdel Maqsud and Dr. Atiya Radwan, respectively
former and present Director of the Lower Egypt Antiquities, for their generous help and friendly support extended
toward the Mission during its work. Last but not least, we would like to thank Mr. Ahmed Musa, Kom el-Dikka Site
Director, for his valuable assistance in solving everyday problems and facilitating our work.
2 Site upgrading operations were supervised by Dr. Mohammed Abdel Maqsud of the SCA.
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EGYPT
KOM EL-DIKKA
EXCAVATION AND PRESERVATION
WORK, 2005/2006
Grzegorz Majcherek
Following the summer break the PCMA’s Polish-Fgyptian Archaeological and Preservation
Mission resumed work on I 5 September 2005 and continued through the end of June 2006.1
Last season saw considerable progress in the site presentation project with a thorough
facelift of the immediate surroundings of the theater, initiated by the Supreme Council of
Antiquities (see below).2
Accruing excavation dumps in the central and western parts of the site (altogether some
3000 cubic meters of soil and debris) were removed in an operation opening for further
exploration the area believed to contain more of the Late Antique auditoria. The operation
was made possible thanks to a generous contribution from Dr. Roger Bagnall (Columbia
University) with funds provided by the Andrew H. Mellon Foundation.
1 The team headed by Grzegorz Majcherek included: Renata Kucharczyk (archaeologist, Deputy Director); Barbara
Lichocka, numismatist; Emanuela Kulicka, Urszula Wicenciak, Marek Wozniak, archaeologists; Daria Tarara and
Aureliusz Pisarzewski, architects; Wieslaw Kuczewski, restorer; and Waldemar Jerke, photographer. The Supreme
Council for Antiquities was represented throughout the season by Mohammed Senussi, Mohsen el-Sayeh, Khulud
Shawky and Hossam el-Misiri, all of whom participated actively in our work. The Mission also offered field training
for SCA junior personel: Amal Hassan, Bahgat Ibrahim and Hossam el-Misiri.
The Mission would like to express its sincere gratitude to the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt, especially to
its Secretary General Dr. Zahi Hawass, and to Dr. Mohammed Abdel Maqsud and Dr. Atiya Radwan, respectively
former and present Director of the Lower Egypt Antiquities, for their generous help and friendly support extended
toward the Mission during its work. Last but not least, we would like to thank Mr. Ahmed Musa, Kom el-Dikka Site
Director, for his valuable assistance in solving everyday problems and facilitating our work.
2 Site upgrading operations were supervised by Dr. Mohammed Abdel Maqsud of the SCA.
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