Project title: The Nile Delta as a centre of cultural exchange between the Upper Egypt and the southern Levant in the 4^th millennium B.C.

Project manager: dr Agnieszka Mączyńska

Project duration: 2011-2014

Project funding: POMOST programme – Foundation for Polish Science

Project objectives: Relations between the Nile Delta, Upper Egypt and the southern Levant in the 4^th millennium B.C. as reflected in the material obtained during excavations at  Tell el-Farcha, in particular pottery and metals. Another important aspect of the project is demonstrating  the Delta’s role in these relations and its impact on the processes of cultural and political unification of the Egyptian state