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Sofia FONSECA

sfSofia 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.

 

Between 2004-2007, she was responsible for "Cultural Heritage" (archaeology, museology & intangible culture) within the Tichitt- Walata Project, a cultural cooperation between Fundació Món-3, Barcelona, and the UNESCO heritage towns of Tichitt and Walata in Mauritania. She is a team member of “Study of viticulture and oenology in Egyptian tombs” project (PTDC/HIS-ARQ/112562/2009) from FCSH/NOVA, Portugal, directed by Dr. Maria Rosa Guasch Jané, holds a Research grant in the project, and is developing her PhD on “Wine iconography in Ancient Egypt private tombs” co-directed by Dr. Josep Cervelló Autuori (UAB) and Dr. Maria Rosa Guasch Jané.