Michaà  Gawlikowski (born 28 April 1940 in Warsaw) - Polish archaeologist and epigraphist, Professor of Humanities.
Professor Michaà  Gawlikowski is one of the most distinguished Polish archaeologists, he studied under the mentorship of Professor Kazimierz Michaà Âowski.
He devoted most of his academic career to the study on Palmyra (now Tadmor, Syria). Between 1973 and 2009, he directed the Polish archaeological expedition to Palmyra on behalf of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology of the University of Warsaw. One of his most important discoveries was the temple of the goddess Allat (1975). A detailed architectural analysis of the temple and a study of the marble statue of Athena found there were published by him in 2017. The expedition also uncovered the hypogea of Zabda and Alaine with tomb reliefs, the building of the principles, a complex of Christian basilicas, as well as several famous objects, including a bas-relief of a lion guarding the temple of Allat, currently on display in front of the National Museum of Damascus.
In 1998, at the invitation of the Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, he began rescue excavations in Hawarte (near Apamea, Hama province). The original aim of the work was to secure the paintings uncovered there, covering the walls of a cave located under the floor of a 5th-century church. Professor Gawlikowski identified the cave as a mithraeum, i.e. a sanctuary of the Persian god of Mithras. He began a long-term archaeological and conservation project on behalf of the PCMA UW, which was completed in 2010.
Between 2014 and 2019, he directed the Saudi-Polish Archaeological Expedition, which investigated a Roman trading post at the Aynuna site, identified as ancient Leuke Kome. The research was carried out in cooperation between the PCMA UW and the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage.