Last Sunday, the strains of classical music wafted on the evening air through the Egyptian Museum garden. Softly lit trees, their leaves ruffled by a light breeze, added to the enchantment of the occasion: the celebration of 70 years of Polish excavation and restoration in Egypt. Foreign and Egyptian archaeologists and museologists gathered as homage was paid to the great Polish archaeologist Kazimierz Michalowski, who led the first polish archaeological mission to Egypt in 1937 and 20 years later founded the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology (PCMA) at Warsaw University, as well as a branch in Cairo in 1959. A bronze bust of Michalowski was installed among those of the most prominent foreign and Egyptian scholars who devoted their lives to protect and preserve Egypt's archaeological heritage . . . .
Following the unveiling, guests moved inside the museum for the inauguration of an exhibition to display the work of the Polish missions at sites in Egypt since 1937. This achievement was illustrated through 168 artefacts of various sizes and époques. The objects were carefully selected from museums in Cairo and Alexandria and from 10 archaeological sites, and cover all eras in Egypt from the prehistoric right through the Pharaonic, Graeco-Roman, Coptic and Byzantine, and Fatimid and Mameluke periods.
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