{"id":24,"date":"2024-11-23T16:52:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T15:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osteoalex.pcma.uw.edu.pl\/faw\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T12:44:28","slug":"about-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osteoalex.pcma.uw.edu.pl\/faw\/about-project\/","title":{"rendered":"About Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/osteoalex.pcma.uw.edu.pl\/faw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mahler_Robert_bio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osteoalex.pcma.uw.edu.pl\/faw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mahler_Robert_bio.jpg 853w, https:\/\/osteoalex.pcma.uw.edu.pl\/faw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mahler_Robert_bio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osteoalex.pcma.uw.edu.pl\/faw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Mahler_Robert_bio-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal Investigator:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/pcma.uw.edu.pl\/o-nas\/pracownicy\/robert-mahler\/\">Dr. Robert Mahler<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Project term: July 21, 2023\u2013July 20, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Funding:National Science Centre, Poland, SONATA-18, 2022\/47\/D\/HS3\/02162<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Muslim women in Fatimid Alexandria: Why did they die young? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biocultural factors in the change of living conditions for people buried at Kom el-Dikka in Mediaeval Alexandria compared to the rural Christian population on the fringes of Fayoum.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Recent bioarchaeological research at Kom el-Dikka has revealed an interesting twist in the welfare of the women buried there. Muslim women living under Fatimid rule were more likely to die at a young age than those who preceded them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, the living conditions of the whole group of people buried in the cemetery, including older women, seem to have improved under Fatimid rule. This raises the question of what might have been the cause of the observed change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The present project seeks to answer this question, primarily through new data acquired both in the course of excavations and in-depth studies of previously excavated material. Observations and analyses of burials from the so-called Upper Necropolis, most likely of a Fatimid date (11th\u201312th century), and the earlier Lower Necropolis (9th\u201310th century), will be compared with each other and related to a similarly dated series of Christian burials from Naqlun in the Fayoum Oasis (11th\u201313th century). Such a comparison, made within a single project, by the same research team using the same set of methods, is expected to ensure high-quality results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Women living in Egypt in the Middle Ages are only rarely mentioned by historical sources. By elucidating the reasons for both the observed differences and similarities between the studied groups on biocultural grounds, we expect to gain new knowledge about the role of women in medieval Egypt. We may also learn something new about the impact of Islamisation on their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osteoalex.pcma.uw.edu.pl\">Go Back<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Principal Investigator:Dr. Robert Mahler Project term: July 21, 2023\u2013July 20, 2026 Funding:National Science Centre, Poland, SONATA-18, 2022\/47\/D\/HS3\/02162 Muslim women in Fatimid Alexandria: Why did they die young? Biocultural factors in the change of living conditions for people buried at Kom el-Dikka in Mediaeval Alexandria compared to the rural Christian population on the fringes of Fayoum. 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