The Excavations at Ismant al-Kharab I: Roman-Period Cartonnage from the Kellis 1 Cemetery

About Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo

Carlo Rindi Nuzzolo has a PhD in Egyptian Archaeology from Monash University and is Marie Skodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Global Fellow at the University of California Berkeley and the Institute for Heritage Science CNR Italy. Previously he was Lead Curator for a cultural heritage project based at the British Museum. His research focuses on Late Period to Roman Period burial customs cultural heritage protection provenance research and the History of Archaeology. His current project CRAFT funded by the European Union builds on the outcomes of the present work by investigating cartonnage regionalism in the Fayum Oasis. Colin A. Hope has edited 2 prior volumes on the Dakhleh Oasis Project and has worked with Gillian Bowen for over 30 years. They are currently joint recipients of a 5 year Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant to investigate the cult of the god Seth in Egypt especially in Dakhleh and its supposed proscription during the first millennium BCE. He lectured at Monash University until recently holding the position of associate professor and director of the Centre for Ancient Cultures. Hope is a founding member of DOP and a chief investigator who oversees the study of ceramics and directs excavations at two major sites. Gillian E. Bowen has worked with Colin Hope for over 30 years and they are currently joint recipients of a 5-year Australian Research Council Discovery Project grant to investigate the cult of the god Seth in Egypt especially in Dakhleh and its supposed proscription during the first millennium BCE. Until recently Bowen was senior lecturer in ancient history at Monash University. Bowen has worked in Dakhleh since 1990 specialising in the archaeology of Christian Egypt; she has three concessions in Dakhleh from the Egyptian government all with Christian remains. Additionally she is a numismatist and authority on ancient textiles.