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About us
The Centre for the Research on Egyptian Temple (CRET) inaugurated its activity in December 2016, in result of a reorganisation approved by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, with Jadwiga Iwaszczuk as its director. The CRET is structurally subordinated to the Department of Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Cultures, directed by Ewa Laskowska-Kusztal. The foundation of the CRET was inspired by the fact that a team of six scholars, whose research interests are concentrated on one of the most important problems of Egyptian archaeology in Poland, namely temple architecture, were already employed in the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Science. Such a numerous team of scholars concentrated on the question of the ancient Egyptian temples is unique as far as archaeology in Poland and international Egyptological community are concerned.
One of the main tasks of the CRET is to form a young generation of scholars. Its aim is also to intensify scholarly discussions on various aspects of Egyptian temples in co-operation with other institutions.
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Our activities
Our research focuses in particular on:
- compiling the results of research on temples of the Pharaonic and Graeco-Roman periods,
- we maintain two databases: hatshepsut.iksiopan.pl and rite.iksiopan.pl.
CRET also runs regular seminars on Egyptian temples and invites foreign guests with lectures.
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News
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Completion of the project ‘The Southern Room of Amun in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari Part. 2′ (MONOG/SP/0092/2023/01)
On 28 February 2025, the project entitled. ‘The Southern Room of Amun in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari Part. 2’ (MONOG/SP/0092/2023/01), carried out by the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences since 2023. The project was funded by the Ministry of Education and Science under the “Doskonała […]
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End of the project “Online database of Egyptian temple rituals rite.iksiopan.co.uk – continuation” (SONP/SP/515629/2021)
The project entitled ‘Online database of Egyptian temple rituals rite.iksiopan.pl – continuation’ (SONP/SP/515629/2021), awarded to the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2021, ended on 31 March 2024. The project was funded by the Ministry of Education and Science from the programme ‘Social Responsibility of Science’. The aim […]
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Funding for the project “Egyptological database hatshepsut.iksiopan.pl – continuation”
The Ministry of Education and Science, as part of the Social Responsibility of Science II competition, has awarded funding for the project ‘Egyptological database hatshepsut.iksiopan.pl – continuation’. Created in 2013 in English, the Egyptological website and database hatshepsut.iksiopan.pl fits perfectly with the postulate of internationalising science and popularising it. It was created as a tool […]
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Funding for the project “The Southern Room of Amun in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. Part 2”
The Ministry of Education and Science, as part of the Excellent Science II competition, has awarded funding for the publication ‘The Southern Room of Amun in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. Part 2. Studies on Decoration and Ritual Function” by Dr Katarzyna Kapiec. The aim of the publication is to disseminate the results […]