Christian Greco Director of the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Turin


Born in 1975 in Arzignano (VI), Christian Greco is an Egyptologist, university professor of the course “Egyptian funerary archeology and archeology of Nubia and the Sudan” at the University of Leiden, the best center of Egyptology of the Netherlands, and the editor of one of the most important Egyptian collections in Europe in the Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. He has curated many exhibitions and curatorial projects, not only in the Netherlands, but also in Japan, Finland and Spain and has developed important international collaborations, both as a member of the research groups and with other museums, including the Vatican Museum and the Louvre. He was a member of the American mission epigraphic in Luxor and has for some years co-director of the Dutch archaeological mission at Saqqara. To his credit there are many publications both divulgative and scientific in various European languages ​​(Italian, French, English, Dutch, Spanish). In addition to a scientific and highly specialized professional, Dr. Greek expresses a high technical and scientific competence and management, developed at the Foundation of the Museum of Antiquities in Leiden as head of the Egyptian collection since 2009. Since June 17, 2014 he has been a member of the Technical and Scientific Committee for Archaeological Heritage of MIBACT. Since February 2014 he has been Director of the Foundation Museum of Egyptian Antiquities in Turin.


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