Marilina Betrò
Full Professor, retired since 1/11/2024
Born in Torre del Greco (Naples) in 1954, Marilina Betrò was Full Professor of Egyptology at the University of Pisa (2006-2024), where she entered as research fellow in 1983. She was President of the Master’s Degree Course in “Orientalistica: Egitto, Vicino e Medio Oriente” (2018-2024), President of the Sistema Museale of the University of Pisa (2012-14), President of the Master’s Degree in Near and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures and President of the Interdepartmental Centre for Information Technology Services for the Humanities (CISIAU) of the University of Pisa (2006-2010).
In 2022, she was awarded the Ordine del Cherubino.
Since 2017, she has been President of the Scientific Board of the Fondazione Museo Egizio, Turin.
She directed the Italian Archaeological Mission at Dra Abu el-Naga (M.I.D.A.N.), on the west bank of the Nile opposite Luxor (2003-2024).
Her fields of interest range from Theban archaeology to the history of Egyptology, from religion to the thought and organisation of knowledge in ancient Egypt, with numerous studies of unpublished demotic and hieroglyphic texts. Critical rethinking of the birth of the discipline also plays an important role in her research activities.
She is the author or co-author of some 200 publications, including 15 volumes. One of these, “Geroglifici”, has been translated into major European languages, as well as Chinese and Japanese.
Since 2021, she has been Editor-in-chief of the journal Egitto e Vicino Oriente.
Publications: https://arpi.unipi.it/cris/rp/rp09532