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The year 2019 marks the 60th anniversary of the Research Centre of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, established by Professor Kazimierz Micha?owski on 19 January 1959. The final event celebrating this important jubilee is the exhibition ?60 Years of the Research Centre in Cairo?, the grand opening of which took place on 1 December 2019 in the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in Cairo. 0The exhibition presenting the most important achievements of Polish archaeological missions, not only from the University of Warsaw but also from cooperating institutions which also participated in the organization of the exhibition ? chiefly the Institute of Archaeology of the Jagiellonian University and the Archaeological Museum in Pozna?, will be open until 15 December. It consists of boards dedicated to each project and a 3D model of the theater discovered in Alexandria. The exhibition is the result of cooperation between the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities, and the Polish Embassy in Egypt. The funds were provided by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland. The event is coordinated by Dr. Patryk Chudzik from the PCMA. Showing the exhibition in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo was possible thanks to Mr. Moamen Osman, Head of the Museums Sector at the Ministry for Antiquities, and Dr. Sabah Abdel Razek Seddik Kassem, Director of the Museum.00Exhibition: The Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Midan al-Tahrir, Downtown Cairo, Egypt (01.12. - 15.12.2019).