Maria Rosa Guasch Jané, studied Pharmacy (1991-1996) at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). She holds both Masters’ degree in Nutrition and Food Science (1998) by the Universitat de Barcelona and Masters’ degree in Oriental Studies-Egyptology (2000) by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), and she obtained the research sufficiency in the Doctoral Program of “Oriental Studies: Egyptology” (2000), UAB.
She obtained her PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Science in 2005 at the Universitat de Barcelona for the doctoral thesis entitled “Wine in ancient Egypt: a cultural and analytical study”, with mention excellent cum laude by all members. She had a research contract (2001-2005) of the Fundació Bosch i Gimpera, Universitat de Barcelona. She did postdoctoral studies (2007-2011) at the Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH-UNL) in Portugal to research into the symbolism of wines related to King’s rebirth on the iconography of the ancient Egyptian tombs.
Sofia Fonseca obtained a BA in Archaeology (1997) at Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, and a Masters’ Degree in Egyptology (2001) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Spain. She was responsible for fieldwork (2001-2010) of the Apries Palace Archaeological project in Mit-Rahina (Memphis), Egypt, directed by Dr. Maria Helena Trindade Lopes at Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCSH/NOVA), Portugal. She was Assistant of the Director (2008-2010) assuming coordination, logistic and bureaucratic aspects related with the mission in Egypt.
Mahmoud Ibrahim obtained his Bachelor's degree in Egyptology (1998) at Cairo University, Egypt, and his Master’s degree in Egyptology and Linguistics (2006) at Basel University, Switzerland. Currently, he is pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Arabic Language and Literature (2012-2015) from the Faculty of Dar El-Ulum, Cairo University. He holds a career certificate in Translation (2010) from the American University in Cairo (AUC), and is a member of the International Association for Professional Translators and Interpreters (IAPTI).