Gianluca Miniaci is an Italian

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...

, currently Associate Professor at the

University of Pisa The University of Pisa (, UniPi) is a public university, public research university in Pisa, Italy. Founded in 1343, it is one of the oldest universities in Europe. Together with Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and Sant'Anna School of Advanced S ...

. He studied from 1999 to 2004 Classical Archaeology and wrote his dissertation in Egyptology on "The royal necropolis of the 17th dynasty at Dra Abu el-Naga (Thebes west)". This work received an honor. In 2008 he finished his PhD in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Pisa, titled "The funerary culture at the end of the Second Intermediate Period: the emergence of the rishi coffin style". He continued his academic formation in London, Institute of Archaeology, UCL and in Paris, École Pratique des Hautes Études, EPHE, thanks to two Individual Marie Curie Fellowships. He worked in the most renowned museums, as the

British Museum The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...

and the

Musée du Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

. Miniaci is directing an archaeological mission in the site of Zawyet el-Maiyitin ( Menya, Egypt) and he is deputy-director of the University of Pisa excavation at Thebes, in the cemetery of Dra Abu el-Naga. He is editor-in-chief of the international series "Middle Kingdom Studies", Golden House Publications, of the "Journal of Egyptian History", Brill-Leiden, and of the series "Ancient Egypt in Context" (together with Juan Carlos Moreno Garcia and Anna Stevens), from the

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

. Miniaci is the author of several books and more than 80 articles, including: ''The Middle Kingdom Ramesseum Papyri Tomb and its Archaeological Context'' (a study of the famous group of the Middle Kingdom Ramesseum tomb where a large batch of papyri had been found in the Nineteenth century)'', Rishi Coffins and the funerary culture of Second Intermediate Period Egypt'' (a study of the Egyptian ''rishi'' coffins of the

Second Intermediate Period The Second Intermediate Period dates from 1700 to 1550 BC. It marks a period when ancient Egypt was divided into smaller dynasties for a second time, between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the start of the New Kingdom. The concept of a Secon ...

) and ''Lettere ai morti nell'Egitto antico e altre storie di fantasmi.''

Works

*G. Miniaci: ''Il tesoro perduto della regina Ahhotep. Una donna alla riconquista dell'Egitto antico'', (Carocci, 2025)

*G. Miniaci, W. Grajetzki: ''The World of the Middle Kingdom III: Volume III'', (Middle Kingdom Studies 12) *(together with Peter Lacovara (eds), ''The Treasure of the Egyptian Queen Ahhotep and International Relations at the Turn of the Middle Bronze Age (1550 BCE)'', London 2022 * ''The Middle Kingdom Ramesseum Papyri Tomb and its Archaeological Context''
Kitab – Egyptology in Focus
1, London
Nicanor Books
2020, * (with Juan Carlos Moreno García, Stephen Quirke & Andréas Stauder): ''The Arts of Making in Ancient Egypt, Voices, images, and objects of material producers 2000–1550 BC'', Sidestone. Leiden, *(with Marilina Betrò and Stephen Qurike), ''Company of Images: Modelling the Imaginary World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1500 BC). Proceedings of the International Conference of the EPOCHS Project held 18th-20th September 2014 at UCL, London'', OLA 262, Leuven-Paris-New York: Peeters, 2017, *G. Miniaci, W. Grajetzki: ''The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC)'', Vol. II, MKS 2, London: GHP, 2016, *G. Miniaci, W. Grajetzki: ''The World of Middle Kingdom Egypt (2000-1550 BC)'', Vol. I, MKS 1, London: GHP, 2015, *''Lettere ai morti nell'Egitto antico e altre storie di fantasmi'', Brescia: Paideia Editrice, 2014, * (with Marilina Betrò), ''Talking along the Nile. Ippolito Rosellini, travellers and scholars of the 19th century in Egypt. Proceedings of the International Conference held on the occasion of the presentation of Progetto Rosellini. Pisa, June 14–16, 2012'', Pisa: Pisa University Press, 2013, *''Rishi Coffins and the Funerary Culture of Second Intermediate Period Egypt'' (GHP Egyptology 17), London: GHP, 2011, * (with Paolo Del Vesco, Marilina Betrò), ''Seven Seasons at Dra Abu El-Naga. The tomb of Huy (tt14): preliminary results'', Pisa: Pisa University Press, 2009, *''La guerra e i suoi riflessi nelle società antiche. Atti del convegno del dottorato di orientalistica università di Pisa 26-27 giugno 2007'', Pisa: ETS, 2009,

References

External links

Miniaci on the website of the University of PisaMiniaci on the website of University College London
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