On April 30 May 4, 2012 the 8 ICAANE the 8th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East will take place in Warsaw. The 8 ICAANE is organized by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology and Institute of Archaeology of the University of Warsaw, the Institute of Prehistory of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan and the Kazimierz Michalowski Foundation.