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Perla Fuscaldo
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| Born | 1941 |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Buenos Aires |
| Influences | Abraham Rosenvasser Manfred Bietak |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Centre of Studies of History of the Ancient East |
| Notable works | Revista de Estudios de Egiptología |
Elba Perla Fuscaldo (born 1941) is an Argentinian Egyptologist, specialist in the ceramics of Ancient Egypt.
Life
She graduated in 1967 in history from the University of Buenos Aires and obtained her PhD in 1978 under the supervision of Argentinian egyptologist Abraham Rosenvasser.
She was professor in the University of Buenos Aires, director of the Institute of Oriental Ancient History (IHAO-UBA), director of the Program of Studies in Egyptology (PREDE-CONICET), head of the department of Egyptology (IMHICIHU-CONICET, today Unit of Investigations on the Ancient Near East) and honorary researcher at the Museum of Natural Sciences of La Plata.
She was director of the Revista del Instituto de Historia Antigua Oriental (RIHAO, Journal of the Institute of Ancient East History ) and the monograph series Annexes to the Magazine of Studies in Egiptology (Revista de Estudios de Egiptología – REE). She is honorary researcher at the Centre of Studies History of the Ancient Orient(Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina).
She was director of the Argentinian Archaeologic Mission in Tell the-Ghaba, Sinai Peninsula, on the Way of Horus. She participated in the Austrian archaeological mission in Tell the-Dab'to, ancient Avaris, the capital of the Hyksos period, under the supervision of Manfred Bietak.
See also
In Spanish: Perla Fuscaldo para niños
