Waldemar Chmielewski

Waldemar Chmielewski (born June 17, 1929, in Łódź, died July 21, 2004) was a Polish archaeologist, professor and founding director of the Institute of Archeology at the University of Warsaw.

He specialized in the prehistory of Africa and Asia and was an expert in the study of the Paleolithic era in Polish territories.

[1] He defended his master's thesis at the age of 22, based on the results of excavations conducted under Jażdżewski's direction in Sarnowo and Gaj.

[2] In 1960, he obtained a doctoral degree based on the results of his own archaeological research in the caves of Jerzmanowice and Sąspów.

[2] He initiated a long-term expedition of Polish archaeologists to Nubia, where international rescue excavations were conducted during the construction of the Aswan Dam.