Dissemination, News & Events
See the past and future venues where CRAFT presented its ongoing research and the collaborations with museums and institutions worldwide.
Invited lecture - 4 September, 2024
Invited lecture - 13 July, 2024
Bowers Museum - ARCE Orange County (Santa Ana, California)
CRAFT delivered a lecture for the ARCE Orange County Chapter at the Bowers Museum: 'Graeco-Roman Cartonnage from the Egyptian Western Desert. Investigating Geographical Provenience and Regional Craftsmanship: the MSCA project CRAFT'.
Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology (Memphis, USA)
CRAFT delivered a lecture at the University of Memphis: 'Recent discoveries on cartonnage mummy masks: the Marie-Curie CRAFT Project and its preliminary results after the 2024 study season'.
Invited lecture - 5 June, 2024
UCLA Departmental Annual Talks (Cotsen Institute of Archaeology)
CRAFT presented at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology). Talk: 'The CRAFT Project and the study of cartonnage craftsmanship. Investigating Regional Indicia in the Fayum Oasis and the wider Egyptian Western Desert'.
Conference - 19 April, 2024
ARCE Annual Meeting 2024 (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)
CRAFT participated to the International Conference of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). Paper presented: Investigating Cartonnage Craftsmanship in the Western Egyptian Desert: Preliminary Results of the CRAFT Project.
Conference - 7-8 September, 2023
Dakhleh Oasis Project Conference (British Museum, London)
CRAFT participated to the International Conference The Archaeology of Egypt’s Western Desert. Tenth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project”. Paper presented: 'Re-linking unprovenanced mummy masks to the Egyptian Western Desert via 3D laser scanning and photogrammetry'.
Invited lecture - 8 July, 2023
North Saqqara Excavation Workshop (Kanazawa, Japan)
CRAFT participated to the North Saqqara Excavation Workshop at Kanazawa University (Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan). Presentation: 'Photogrammetric Reconstruction and Cartonnage Finds of the Roman Catacomb at North Saqqara, the 2023 Study Season'.
Conference - 5-7 July, 2023
ICAENT 2 (Naples, Italy)
CRAFT participated to the International Conference Ancient Egypt New Tecnology 2nd Edition. Paper presented: The Role of 3D scanning and photogrammetry in investigating Geographical Provenience and Regional Craftsmanship: Graeco-Roman Cartonnage from the Egyptian Western Desert.
Invited lecture - 9 June, 2023
University of Memphis (Tennessee, USA)
CRAFT presented a lecture for the Institute of Egyptology at the University of Memphis. 'Graeco-Roman Period Burial Practices in the Kellis 1 Cemetery (Ismant al-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis): aspects of regionalism and craftsmanship in Egypt’s Western Desert'.
Conference - 8 October, 2022
Kanazawa Egyptology Symposium (Kanazawa, Japan)
CRAFT participated to the International Kanazawa Egyptology Symposium 2022: Archaeology of Death. Paper presented: 'Graeco-Roman Period Burial Practices in the Kellis 1 Cemetery (Ismant al-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis): aspects of regionalism and craftsmanship in Egypt’s Western Desert'.
Invited lecture - 17 October, 2022
Institute for Frontier Science Initiative (Kanazawa, Japan)
CRAFT was invited to give a lecture for the prestigious Institute for Frontier Science. Paper presented: 'Detecting regionalism in Graeco-Roman cartonnage from the Western Egyptian Desert via multi-disciplinary investigation: the MSCA ‘CRAFT’ Project'.
Conference - 15-17 July, 2022
ISAAE III (Naples, Italy)
CRAFT participated to the International Symposium on Animals in Ancient Egypt with a paper titled 'Some Remarks on Roman Mummy Masks from the Dakhleh Oasis bearing the ‘Jackal motif’. Regionalism and Craftsmanship in the Western Egyptian Desert'.