Marcella Frangipane

Research and career Frangipane returned to the Sapienza University of Rome in 1981, where she eventually became a Professor in 1990. Frangipane studies the formation of bureaucratic and hierarchical structures in urban societies. She was involved with the excavation of Arslantepe, where she reconstructed their early administrative systems. The settlement is west of the banks of the Euphrates and is well known for its architecture. Frangipane identified the most ancient secular public structure worldwide. She investigated the site of Zeytinli Bahçe Höyük, a village in the Urfa district. Within Arslantepe, Frangipane led the team who discovered the word's oldest royal palace. She was also involved with excavations of

She was the first Italian woman to be elected a foreign associate to the National Academy of Sciences in 2013.

Awards and honours Her awards and honours include;

1994 Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 2005 Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Stella della Solidarietà 2005 Honorary Citizenship of Eski Malatya 2015 Vittorio De Sica Prize for Science 2021 Corresponding fellow of the British Academy

Frangipane s a member of the German Archaeological Institute and the Shanghai Archeology Forum.

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