Patrizia Piacentini
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BornDecember 19, 1961
Occupation(s)Egyptologist, archaeologist, professor
Patrizia Piacentini | |
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| Born | December 19, 1961 |
| Occupation(s) | Egyptologist, archaeologist, professor |
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| Alma mater | École pratique des hautes études University of Bologna |
| Thesis | The Scribes in the Egyptian Society of the Old Kingdom (the Memphite Necropolis)[1] |
Patrizia Piacentini (born December 19, 1961) is an Italian Egyptologist, archaeologist, and professor at the University of Milan.[2]
Since 2018, she has been co-directing with Khaled al-Anani, former Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, the Egyptian-Italian Mission at West Aswan (EIMAWA) in Aswan, Egypt.[3] While excavating burials near the Mausoleum of Aga Khan, they have found ancient Egyptian tombs in the hillside dating to the Greco-Roman era.[4]
She has been a member of the Accademia dei Lincei since 2022.
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