Edda Bresciani

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Edda Bresciani
Republic of Italy
Died29 November 2020(2020-11-29) (aged 90)
Lucca, Italy
NationalityItalian
EducationUniversity of Pisa
OccupationEgyptology

Edda Bresciani (23 September 1930 – 29 November 2020)[1] was an Italian Egyptologist.

Life

Bresciani was born in

Medinet Maadi.[2] She also found and excavated a Middle Kingdom cemetery at Khelua.[3]

In 1974 the University of Pisa appointed Bresciani at the lead of an excavation campaign at Saqqara; here she studied the

26th Dynasty tomb of the vizier Bakenrenef. In 1978 she founded the still–running Egitto e Vicino Oriente, the Egyptological journal of the University. She also performed excavations at the "Temple of Million Years" of Thutmose IV at Thebes.[2]

A proficient

professor emerita at the University of Pisa.[5][1]

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b c "E' morta l'egittologa Edda Bresciani". La Nazione (in Italian). 29 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Greco, Christian (1 December 2020). "Addio a Edda Bresciani regina dell'egittologia". La Repubblica (in Italian). p. 37.
  3. ^ CAPPONI LIVIA, EDDA BRESCIANI PRIMA EGITTOLOGA FECE CONOSCERE ALL'ITALIA I FARAONI, CORRIERE DELLA SERA, 1 December 2020, p. 43.
  4. ^ "Medaglia d'oro ai benemeriti della scienza e cultura". Presidenza della Repubblica (in Italian). Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  5. ^ ""Il 'Campano d'Oro' a Edda Bresciani: una vita dedicata al mondo egizio"". Pisa Today. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 31 January 2016.