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Kazimierz Michałowski

1901–1981 · 20th century

Kazimierz Michałowski was a Polish archaeologist and Egyptologist, founder of the Polish school of Mediterranean archaeology. During the UNESCO campaign to save the monuments of Nubia his mission excavated the cathedral of Faras from 1961 to 1964 and rescued its wall paintings before the site was flooded by Lake Nasser; they are now in Warsaw and Khartoum. He also began excavations at Old Dongola and worked at Palmyra and Alexandria.

Kazimierz Michałowski
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kazimierz Michałowski. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kazimierz-michalowski
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