P.I. ERC Consolidator Grant 681673 – 2015: Umm al Dabadib, Egypt

Born in Napoli (Italy) on 30/12/1968

Architect and Egytpologist. Laurea cum Laude in History of Architecture (1994) at Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II. M.Phil (1998) and Ph.D. (2000) in Egyptology at Cambridge University. Professor at Politecnico di Milano, course L-or/02 – Egittologia e civilta’ copta.

Environmental  archaeology, Egypt, Western Desert, Kharga Oasis, caravan routes, Roman military architecture. Ancient Egyptian mathematics, Egyptian pyramids, ancient Egyptian architectural drawings.