23rd Science Festival at the Staszic Palace (28th Sep. 2019, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., room 166)  

Employees of the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures PAS and Cultivate Foundation invite you to workshops on archaeological and oriental studies subjects organized for the 23rd Science Festival at the Staszic Palace (Staszic Hall – room 166). See the schedule below:

11 a.m-5 p.m.
“Life During Wartime” – exhibition of photographs showing everyday life of the inhabitants of North Africa and Near East during World War II. The photographs were taken in 1942-1943 by the Royal Air Force soldiers stationed in Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

11 a.m.-1 p.m.
P. Kozieł, dr A. Łyżwa-Piber
African Galimoto – recycled wire vehicles.
The participants will have an opportunity to construct a Galimoto – a Kenyan recycled material toy. It is a vehicle (car, rickshaw or bike) made of wire, occupied by a figure dressed in colourful clothes. When the wheels are moving, the figure moves its legs.

1 a.m.-3 p.m.
D. Bielińska, D. Majchrzak
Small discoveries of great significance – glyptic traditions from the Near East and Arabian Peninsula throughout centuries.
The workshop will demonstrate the manufacture of stamp seals inspired by monuments of the Dilmun culture (modern Bahrain, Kuwait), together with stories of how they were invented. The youngest participants (in accordance with the rule of learning by playing) will learn where, when and for what purpose the first seals were manufactured, how this invention spread across the ancient world and what its significance was in everyday life. Each participant will receive a stamp of their design.

3 p.m.-5 p.m.
M. Bajtler, A. Cedro, M. Dzwoniarek-Konieczna, R. Hajduga, dr J. Iwaszczuk, E. Józefowicz,
A. Madej, K. Molga, dr J. Popielska-Grzybowska, dr F. Taterka, M. Więch
Games.
We invite the “young” and “grown-up” visitors to play games from different corners of the world. We will have both ancient ones, e.g. a very popular Egyptian board game of senet, the royal game of Ur, which was a predecessor of backgammon, Indonesian makala (congkok), and games created for education, which will inform the participants about archaeological research at sites in the Mediterranean, Africa and Near East, about the construction of Egyptian temples and pyramids.

E. Wolny-Abouelwafa, K. Nabożna, dr N. Levi
What’s you name?
Workshop of writing names in Arabic and Korean.