Marcella Frangipane was born on 10 October 1948 and is a professor of archaeology at the Sapienza University of Rome.
11 Facts About Marcella Frangipane
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Marcella Frangipane was elected a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences in 2013.
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Marcella Frangipane has been involved with several excavations, in Europe, Mexico, Turkey and Egypt.
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Marcella Frangipane was involved the excavation of Cunalan village in the Teotihuacan valley.
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Marcella Frangipane has been involved with the excavation team of the Arslantepe since 1976.
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Marcella Frangipane led the School of Archaeology from 2000 to 2003, and was made Vice Director of the Late Predynastic site of Maadi.
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Marcella Frangipane is mainly interested in the near and Middle East.
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Marcella Frangipane was made Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission in Eastern Anatolia in 1990.
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Marcella Frangipane was involved with the excavation of Arslantepe, where she reconstructed their early administrative systems.
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Marcella Frangipane investigated the site of Zeytinli Bahce Hoyuk, a village in the Urfa district.
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Marcella Frangipane was the first Italian woman to be elected a foreign associate to the National Academy of Sciences in 2013.