Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw.
Study of ancient documents and literary works, as preserved primarily on papyri and ostraca, common writing materials in the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome.
15/05/2020
The John Rylands Library Special Collections BlogDead Sea Scroll fragments thought to be blank reveal text A multispectral imaging study has revealed that four Dead Sea Scroll manuscript fragments previously thought to be blank, contain text.
30/01/2020
Great presentation delivered by Prof. Eleanor Dickey
Na najbliższym, ekstraordynaryjnym seminarium Ewy Wipszyckiej, 30.01.2020 wystąpi Eleanor Dickey (University of Reading), z referatem:
'A Warsaw papyrus that changes the history of ancient lexicography?'.
Spotkanie jest współorganizowane przez Koło Warszawskie PTF.
Abstrakt
The Latin-Greek lexicon of ps-Philoxenus, a treasure-trove of learned and archaic vocabulary that is universally agreed to be by far the best work of ancient bilingual lexicography, has for centuries been thought to be a creation of the sixth century AD. All available evidence indicated that bilingual dictionaries of such scale and quality could not have existed in earlier centuries. But does a Warsaw papyrus datable to c. AD 200 contain a fragment of ps-Philoxenus’ lexicon? If so, how would that change our understanding of the history of ancient bilingual lexicography?
15/10/2019
Professor Obbink and missing EES papyri An update
03/08/2019
We'll miss Lecce!
Finito!
03/08/2019
Divers Uncover Ancient Temple Submerged Within The 'Egyptian Atlantis' The ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion was once a bustling trading port. Now, it lies 45 metres (about 148 feet) under the Mediterranean Sea. Recently, divers have revealed perhaps the best find since the submerged city was rediscovered two decades
21/07/2019
Nowe odkrycie w Aleksandrii: rzymska mozaika na Kom el-Dikka Nowe odkrycie w Aleksandrii: rzymska mozaika na Kom el-Dikka Lipiec 19, 2019autor aszy Po raz kolejny stanowisko Kom el-Dikka w Aleksandrii było sceną ważnego odkrycia: badacze z Centrum Archeologii Śródziemnomorskiej UW odsłonili tam nową mozaikę z okresu rzymskiego. Stanowisko położone w...
03/06/2019
One of Egypt’s oldest churches dating back to the 4th century found hidden behind ancient basilica wall Polish archaeologists have discovered a 4th Century church in Egypt, which they say could be one of the oldest known Christian temples in Egypt.
25/05/2019
Seneca the Elders's Histories found at Herculaneum - English The Histories of Seneca the Elder, father of the Roman historian Seneca, have been found at the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum near Pompeii, Naples' National LIbrary Director Francesco Mercurio said Friday. © ANSA
29/03/2019
A new online resource: The Collaborative Database of Dateable Greek Bookhands. The CDDGB is a catalogue of objectively dated Greek manuscripts written in a literary script between 0-899 CE.
CDDGB Database The CDDGB is embedded into the website below. A full-screen version is available by clicking “View Larger Version” in the bottom right corner. The data can also be arranged in different formats via the Grid/Gallery, Filter, Group, and Sort buttons at the top of the database. To view all of the d...
18/03/2019
Nile shipwreck discovery proves Herodotus right – after 2,469 years Greek historian’s description of ‘baris’ vessel vindicated by archaeologists at sunken city of Thonis-Heraclion
09/03/2019
Unpublished EES biblical papyri A response to recent queries about results of a 2016 review to identify unpublished New Testament fragments in the Society's Oxyrhynchus papyri collection.