Archaeo-oriental field studies in Ethiopia

03 02 2026

Category: I.3.10, Results

IDUB programme supported research in northern Ethiopia, in Tigray. This was the first research project of its kind at the University of Warsaw. Archaeologists and ethnographers, in collaboration with scientists from Mekelle University and the Tigray Culture and Tourism Bureau, are discovering traces of the first Muslim settlers in the NeGaSh – Narrative, Guardianship, Sacredness project. The first season of excavations and ethnographic research in Negash has just ended, as described by archaeologist and Egyptologist Prof. Kamil Kuraszkiewicz and Dr Zuzanna Augustyniak, an Ethiopian and African studies scholar, both researchers at the Faculty of Asian and African Cultures at the University of Warsaw (previously: Faculty of Oriental Studies).

An article on interdisciplinary cooperation, the coexistence of Muslims and Christians, and the special nature of the excavations – on the multifaceted effects of Archaeo-Oriental Studies – can be read on the University of Warsaw’s SCIENTIFIC SERVICE portal [Polish version only].