Emanuele Papi
Emanuele Papi is an Italian classical archaeologist. He is professor of classical archaeology at the University of Siena, and professor of Roman archaeology at the Italian Archaeological School of Athens. His primary research interests are the topography of Ancient Rome, the archaeology of Roman Mediterranean provinces, and the economy and trade of Rome and the Roman Empire.
Biography
He received his degree in Roman Archaeology at the University of Siena, and a doctorate at the University of Pisa, under the supervision of Andrea Carandini. He returned to the University of Siena in 1992 as researcher, associate professor, and Professor in Classical Archaeology. He was Director of the International PhD programme, Prehistory and Protohistory, History and Archaeology of the Ancient World and of the Ancient Societies of North Africa, Sahara and Mediterranean Levant Studies Centre], with B. Barich and M. de Vos Raaijmakers.His first work was devoted to the archaeology and topography of ancient Rome and Roman Etruria. He was member of the editorial board of the Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae, edited by E. M. Steinby. He has excavated in North Africa, Egypt and Greece focussing on urban sites.
In Rome, he excavated with Andrea Carandini, in Siena, and in Bomarzo with J. Th. Peña and in collaboration with the American Academy in Rome. He is a member of the editorial board of the journals Workshop for Classical Archaeology, Facta, Annals of the Faculty of Arts, University of Siena.
At present Papi is overseeing archaeological missions in Greece, Morocco and Egypt.