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Betweentherivers—anothergreattitlethatthisvolumededicatedtoPiotr
BielińskiontheoccasionofhisJubileecouldbear.Itisthere,ontheEuphrates
andTigris,aswellasotherdriedupriverscuttingthedesertsoftheAncient
NearEast,thattheJubilarian’shighlysuccessfularchaeologicalfieldworktook
placeformanyyears.ItisontheVistula,attheUniversityofWarsaw,that
hehassucceededinleadingteamsofresearchers,headingtheDepartment
oftheAncientNearEastintheInstituteofArchaeologyandbeingDeanof
theFacultyofHistoryandDirectorofthePolishCentreofMediterranean
Archaeology.Personally,IdeeplyappreciatePiotr’sroleasteacherandfriend,
hiswillingnesstohelppeopleandhisroleasasourceofinspiration.Allwho
meethimarestruckimmediatelybythesoundnessofhisjudgmentandbreadth
ofvision,goingbeyondasuperficialunderstandingofthings.
AttherootofthebiggestdiscoveriesisalwaysthequestionKwhy’.Mayour
Jubilariandiscoverthatroundanniversariesarelikealuckyturnoffortune,
fillingonewithenergy,openingthewaytonewchallengesandgivingthe
opportunitytoclosewithsatisfactioncertaindoorsfromthepast.
TomaszWaliszewski
InstituteofArchaeology,UniversityofWarsaw
FormerDirector,PolishCentreofMediterraneanArchaeology
UniversityofWarsaw
InvitedtoaddressProfessorPiotrBielińskiinavolumededicatedtohim,
Iwouldliketospeakofhiminadeeplypersonalway—asascholar,lecturer,
archaeologist,andmentorforseveralgenerationsofstudents.
ProfessorBielińskiwasoneofmyfirstteachersattheInstituteof
ArchaeologyoftheUniversityofWarsaw.Hispassionforandhisever
enthusiasticpresentationofthemagicofthepastandpresentculturesthe
oftheNearEastaffectedallwhofollowedinhiswakeintheirresearch.His
uniquewayofsharinghisextensiveknowledgeandexperience,interjecting
intohislecturespersonalobservationsandanecdotesabouteverydaylifeon
theexcavationsandintheNearEasterncommunities,tookus,hisstudents,
Storiestoldaroundthefountain
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