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- New publicationsWe are pleased to announce the publication of two new open-access studies produced within the framework of the Ptolemaic Pathyris Project. The first publication, by Aneta Skalec, “The 1909–1910 Gebelein Manuscript Inventory (Inventario Manoscritto): Archival Data from the M.A.I. Excavations”, has appeared in the Journal of Open Archaeology Data. The article presents and contextualises the archival Inventario Manoscritto compiled during the 1909–1910 excavations conducted by the Missione Archeologica Italiana (M.A.I.) at Gebelein, making this important historical source more accessible to researchers and providing a valuable contribution to the study of the site’s excavation history. https://doi.org/10.5334/joad.220 The second publication, by Łukasz M….
- Dr Aneta Skalec has received funding to publish her monographs under the Wektory Nauki programmeDr Aneta Skalec has received funding to publish her monographs under the Wektory Nauki programme Dr Aneta Skalec has received funding to publish her monograph Gebelein 1910: (Not Only) the Town of Pathyris under the Wektory Nauki programme, funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Dr Aneta Skalec otrzymała finansowanie dla projektu monografii naukowej Gebelein 1910: (not only) town of Pathyris. Projekt finansowany ze środków budżetu państwa, przyznanych przez Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego w ramach Programu Wektory Nauki
- Conferences in September 2025In September 2025, members of the Ptolemaic Pathyris Project actively contributed to the international scholarly arena by participating in three major conferences: the EAA 2025 Annual Meeting in Belgrade, Current Research in Egyptology in Cairo, and the XIth European Conference of Egyptologists in Bucharest. Further underscoring the project’s visibility, the Principal Investigator will also deliver a paper later this month at the XXIV Convegno di Egittologia e Papirologia.
- “A preliminary report on the demotic Gebelein temple archive”Prof. Dr. Joachim Friedrich Quack from the University of Heidelberg will share his current research results in his talk entitled “A preliminary report on the demotic Gebelein temple archive”. The talk will take place in Majewski Room at the Polish Academy of Sciences. Address: 72 Nowy Świat Street, Warsaw and online on MS Temas at 1 PM (CET). To get a link please drop an email to: lukasz.mikolaj.suski@gmail.com
- Workshop Aqua Paphia. The Use and Meaning of Water in Hellenistic-Roman Nea Paphos and beyond
Aneta Skalec will participate in the workshop Aqua Paphia. The Use and Meaning of Water in Hellenistic-Roman Nea Paphos and beyond (IMOC PAS, 05-06 July 2024) with a paper entitled „Pathyris’ water supply and canal system in the Ptolemaic period”.

30th EAA Annual Meeting in Rome, 28 – 31 August 2024
Aneta Skalec and Wojciech Ejsmond will participate in the conference 30th EAA Annual Meeting in Rome (28 – 31 August 2024) with a paper entitled “Ancient, archival, and modern sources combined within the Ptolemaic Pathyris Project (Egypt)”.

Aneta Skalec’s interview about the Ptolemaic Pathyris Project, for Polish Radio (in Polish). https://jedynka.polskieradio.pl/artykul/3421272,Pathyris—polscy-archeolodzy-pr%C3%B3buj%C4%85-odtworzy%C4%87-staro%C5%BCytne-miasto
Popular science article about the Ptolemaic Pathyris Project on the Archeowiesci blog.
