the Archaeologists of the Museum


Eleni Vassilika B.A, M.A, Ph.D, took her advanced degrees at the Institute of  Fine Arts, New York. She also studied in Athens, Cologne and Trier. She was Keeper of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambrige (1990-2000), then director at the Roemer-und Pelizaeus-Museum, Hildesheim (2000-2005). Her specialities include Egyptian and classical art, Ptolemaic iconography and base metal statuary. Since October 2005, she is the Director of Museum Egizio of Turin.

Federico Bottigliengo Egyptologist at the Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino since March 2007, Federico took his first degree in Egyptology from the University of Turin in 2004. He is now completing his Ph.D in “Philological and literary studies from the ancient Near East and pre-Islamic Iran” for the University of Rome, La Sapienza. He has taught in the Museo Egizio’s Education department since 2001. As part of his civil service, Federico also worked as a curatorial assistant in the Museum’s storage magazines and galleries (2004). He won the prestigious scholarship “Progetto Alfieri – Assegni di ricerca” (CRT Foundation) to work specifically on the Museo Egizio’s Late Period, Ptolemaic and Roman stelae. Federico is the youngest member of the Board of the Friends of the Museum (A.C.M.E.).

Sara Caramello Egyptologist with the Fondazione Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino since 2007, Sara took her Bachelor’s Degree in Egyptology at University of Turin (2003). She completed her PhD in advanced studies of antiquity at the University of Udine (2007) with her thesis on “Religious cults and syncretisms based on Aramaic inscriptions of the Egypt Late Period (VII-III century BC)”. She is well known as an Egyptologist and Aramaicist and divides her time between the Museum and teaching (since 2004) at the University of Udine. Sara has also worked devotedly in the Museo Egizio’s Education department since 2003. Her preferred topics are the Aramaic inscriptions of Egypt and, more generally, the relations between Egypt and the Ancient Near East.

Edoardo Guzzon took his first degree in 1989 from the University of Turin, with a thesis on Late Period hieroglyphic texts from the Asasif Theban Necropolis. In 2004 he completed his post graduate course at Turin’s university department of advanced studies in Oriental Archaeology, having specialised in Lower Egyptian religious titles. In 2008 he took his Ph.D. from Pisa University, based on his linguistic work on late priestly titles from Lower Egypt. Edoardo has been a committed teacher in the Museum’s Education department for some twenty years.