Corinna Rossi

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Corinna Rossi (born 1968) is an Italian Egyptologist known for her works on Ancient Egyptian mathematics and Ancient Egyptian architecture, on the archaeology of the Kharga Oasis, and on related topics in the history of Egypt and the Levant.

Education and career[]

Rossi was born in 1968 in Naples.[1] She studied architecture at the University of Naples Federico II beginning in 1989, earning a laurea in 1994,[1][2] and then came to the University of Cambridge for graduate study in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, where she earned a master's degree in 1998 and a Ph.D. in 2000. She continued as a Junior Research Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge until 2003, when she became Head of International Exchanges at the Collegio di Milano.[2] From 2001 to 2006 she co-directed the North Kharga Oasis Survey project with Salima Ikram.[3] In 2015 she moved to the Polytechnic University of Milan,[2] where she is an associate professor in the Department of Architecture, Built Environment, and Construction Engineering, and the director of the Italian archaeological mission to Umm al-Dabadib.[1]

Books[]

Rossi's books include:

  • Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt (Cambridge University Press, 2003).[4]
  • The Pyramids and the Sphinx: Art and Archaeology (The American University in Cairo Press and White Star Publishers, 2005)
  • The Treasures Of the Monastery Of Saint Catherine (The American University in Cairo Press and White Star Publishers, 2006)
  • North Kharga Oasis Survey: Explorations in Egypt’s Western Desert (edited with Salima Ikram, Peeters, 2018)
  • Innovative Models for Sustainable Development in Emerging African Countries (edited with Niccolò Aste, Stefano Della Torre, Cinzia Talamo, and Rajendra Singh Adhikari, Springer, 2020)

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Scheda docente, Polytechnic University of Milan, retrieved 2022-01-12; see also linked Curriculum Vitae
  2. ^ a b c "Corinna Rossi", ORCid, retrieved 2022-01-12
  3. ^ Rose, Mark (March–April 2004), "Caring for the Dead", Archaeology, 57 (2)
  4. ^ Review of Architecture and Mathematics in Ancient Egypt:
    • Ataç, Mehmet-Ali (2004), "Review", Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2004.09.21)
    • Chrisomalis, Stephen (September 2009), "Beyond teleology: ancient mathematics and social history", Antiquity, 83 (321): 849–851, doi:10.1017/s0003598x00099063
    • Duvernoy, Sylvie (2008), Nexus Network Journal, 10 (1): 203–206, doi:10.1007/978-3-7643-8728-0_14{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Imhausen, Annette (April 2006), American Journal of Archaeology, 110 (2): 316–317, JSTOR 40027166{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Larkin, Diana Wolfe (September 2006), Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, 65 (3): 428–429, doi:10.2307/25068296, JSTOR 25068296{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Musacchio, T. (June 2007), Near Eastern Archaeology, 70 (2): 118–119, JSTOR 25067706{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Robson, Eleanor (June 2005), Isis, 96 (2): 268–270, doi:10.1086/491492, JSTOR 10.1086/491492{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Spence, Kate (Summer 2005), Journal of Anthropological Research, 61 (2): 261–262, JSTOR 3630880{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Symonds, Sarah (December 2009), "Review" (PDF), Aestimatio: Critical Reviews in the History of Science, 2: 11–15, doi:10.31826/9781463222468

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