The Team

Maria Rosa GUASCH JANÉ

MRG 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

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

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).

Most relevant publications (SF)

MOST RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS (SF)

− Fonseca, S, Ibrahim, M., 2013, Estudio de la iconografía del vino en las tumbas privadas del antiguo Egipto : de la investigación en los archivos a la pesentación de los resultados en una web interactiva, in Actas JIA 2013 (accepted 2013) Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona.

− Guasch-Jané, M.R., Fonseca, S., Ibrahim, M., 2012, “The ‘Irep en Kemet’ Project: documenting the corpus of wine in Ancient Egypt”, in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference (Euromed 2012) on Cultural Heritage and Digital Libraries, Amathus (Cyprus), October 29th- November 3rd 2012, International Journal of Heritage in the Digital Area 1, 1 (2012): 181-186. Cyprus University of Technology, Unesco and EU: Essex (UK) and Cyprus. View online

− Fonseca, S., Guasch-Jané M.R., Ibrahim, M., (2012), “O vinho no Antigo Egito: uma história mediterrânea”, Revista Mundo Antigo, Ano I, Volume I, Número I: 131- 146.

− Fonseca, S, Ibrahim, M., 2012. Documentation of viticulture and winemaking in the Egyptian tombs, in Actas JIA 2011, 1: 17-22. Faro, Universidade do Algarve. −Trindade Lopes, H., Fonseca, S., 2012. O Palácio de Apriés, Mênfis/ Kôm Tumân, Actas IV Congresso Ibérico de Egiptologia, Lisboa (Portugal), Sept 13-17 2012: 555-65.

- Trindade Lopes, H., Fonseca, S., (2011). “The Apries Palace, Memphis/ Kôm Tumân: The first Portuguese Mission in Egypt”, JARCE 47 (2011): 247-58.

− Gil, E., Fonseca, S., Ould Abdi, M., 2008. “Le cas du Projet Walata. La protection du patrimoine dans le cadre d’un programme de coopération pour le développement”, in Actas del Colloque International Les perspectives de l’Archéologie Préventive en Afrique de l’Ouest, Nouakchott (Mauritanie), 1-3 fev 2007.