Edda Bresciani
Italian egyptologist and archaeologist
About Edda Bresciani
Lived 1930 – 2020 (aged 90). Edda Bresciani was an Italian egyptologist, archaeologist, university teacher, coptologist and egyptology.
Edda Bresciani (23 September 1930 – 29 November 2020) was an Italian Egyptologist.
Life Bresciani was born in Lucca, and graduated in 1955 from the University of Pisa. She excavated at several places in Egypt and is mainly known for her work at several sites in the Faiyum, most notably the temple of Medinet Maadi. She also found and excavated a Middle Kingdom cemetery at Khelua. She discovered there the large tomb of Wadj.
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. and was a fellow of the Accademia dei Lincei.
Publications
Edda Bresciani, Sergio Pernigotti, ASSUAN. Il tempio Tolemaico di Isi. I blocchi decorati e iscritti, Pisa: Giardini, 1978 L'Antico Egitto di Ippolito Rosellini nelle tavole dai monumenti dell'Egitto e della Nubia, Ed. Istituto geografico de Agostini, Grande Enciclopedia illustrata dell'Antico Egitto (ed. E. Bresciani), Ed. De Agostini 1998, 2005, Il Volto Di Osiri: Tele Funerarie Dipinte nell'Egitto Romano, Ed. Maria Pacini Fazzi, Khelua: Una Necropoli Del Medio Regno Nel Fayum, ETS, Nozioni elementari di grammatica demotica, Ed. Cisalpino-Goliardica, Sulle Rive Del Nilo: L'Egitto Al Tempo Dei Faraoni, GLF editori Laterza, Food and drink. Life resources in ancient Egypt, Pacini: Fazzi, 1997 Letteratura e poesia dell'antico Egitto. Cultura e società attraverso i testi, Einaudi Tascabili, 2007, I testi religiosi dell'antico Egitto, Mondadori, collana I Meridiani, 2001 La piramide e la Torre. Duecento anni di archeologia egiziana (ed. E. Bresciani), Pisa, 2000 Nine Pharaohs, Plus Pisa 2002 (Nove Faraoni, Plus: Pisa, 2001) Kom Madi 1977 e 1978. Le pitture murali del cenotafio di Alessandro Magno, Prima ristampa con aggiornamenti. With English text, Pisa, 2003 Egypt in India. Egyptian Collection in Indian Museums (eds. E. Bresciani, M. Betrò), Pisa: Plus, 2004, Edda Bresciani, Mario Del Tacca, Arte medica e cosmetica alla corte dei Faraoni/Medicine and cosmetics at Pharaohs' court, Pisa, 2005, Pacini, La porta dei sogni. Interpreti e sognatori nell'Egitto antico, Einaudi Saggi, 2005, Medinet Madi. Venti anni di esplorazione archeologica (1984-2005) (eds. Edda Bresciani, Antonio Giammarusti, Rosario Pintaudi, Flora Silvano) Pisa, 2006 Ramesse II, Firenze: Giunti Editore, 2012,
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Who was Edda Bresciani?
Italian egyptologist and archaeologist (1930–2020)
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Edda Bresciani was born on 23 September 1930 in Lucca.
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Edda Bresciani died on 29 November 2020 in Lucca.
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Edda Bresciani was an egyptologist, archaeologist, university teacher, coptologist and egyptology.
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Edda Bresciani was Italian.
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