In November, project members Georgia Long, Beatriz Noria-Serrano, and Gianluca Miniaci carried out documentation work on clay figurines at the newly inaugurated Grand Egyptian Museum. The museum houses an outstanding collection of female figurines, as well as some animal figurines, many of which were previously kept at the Egyptian Museum, Tahrir (Cairo). These objects are now beautifully displayed in the new setting in Giza, offering fresh perspectives on their material, for

On 24 March, project members Georgia Long and Beatriz Noria-Serrano, together with Martina Naso (AUTOMATA Project, Pisa) analysed clay figurines of hippopotami, originally found by Ernesto Schiaparelli and now held in the collection of the Museo Egizio, Torino. Many thanks to Paolo Del Vesco (curator), Valentina Turina (senior restorer) and Giulia Pallottini (restorer) for facilitating this research! (Photos: G. Long, B. Noria-Serrano and M. Naso)

On 12 March, prof. Gianluca Miniaci (PI of the P.I.P.E Project) presented his research at the Freie Universität Berlin with a lecture...

On 11 and 12 February, project members Beatriz Noria-Serrano and Hannah Page visited the Louvre Museum in Paris to continue our study of clay figurines in museum collections. We thank Patricia Rigault-Déon, head of the Documental Studies at the Department of Egyptian Antiquities for this wonderful collaboration! (Photos: H. page and B. Noria-Serrano)

It has been a week since our conference has passed and we would like to extend our warmest thanks to all of the speakers for their invaluable contributions. They not only made the conference a success, but also fuelled insightful and collaborative discussions, which gave us all food for thought! We also wish to express our deep appreciation to all of the people who lent a helping hand (or two), and in particular to the students, who did an excellent job in taking care of all

Our conference has successfully concluded, check some of the highlights of days 1 through 3 here! 4 February 2025 5 February 2025 6...

The conference "Embedded in Clay" is organised in the framework of the PRIN 2022 PNRR Project P.I.P.E — Profiling the Identity of the...

Our upcoming conference is taking shape! "Embedded in Clay" will be held at the University of Pisa from 4 to 6 February 2025, and will...

The conference "Embedded in Clay" will be held at the University of Pisa from 4 to 6 February 2025, and will bring together diverse...

From 18 to 20 December the Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) at Leiden University hosted the conference “Unseen—Untold:...

On Friday 13 December, project member Hannah Page held a lecture for the Research in Focus Talks at the Petrie Museum in London, titled...

On November 29, the project's PI, Gianluca Miniaci, will be holding the November "Friends of the Petrie Museum lecture" at the UCL...

On November 15, team member Beatriz Noria-Serrano shared her preliminary research on female clay figurines at the seminar Construyendo el...

30/09—2/09 The PIPE team was reunited at Università degli Studi di Padova for an informal workshop to discuss their preliminary results...

On September 27, team members Beatriz Noria-Serrano and Georgia Long represented P.I.P.E Project at Bright Night—The European Night of...

On 15 and 19 August, project member Hannah Page visited the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology in London to continue...

Embedded in Clay: Identity and Performance in Figurines and Ceramic Objects from Ancient Societies (Ancient Nile Valley, Eastern...

From 15 to 18 July, project members Hannah Page and Georgia Long visited the Manchester Museum, the Garstang Museum of Archaeology and...

On 11–13 June, members of the PIPE Project explored the Portable X-ray Fluorescence (pXRF) and digital microscope (DinoLite) in the...

Welcome to the new website of the PIPE project. Our website is currently under construction, but stay tuned for our upcoming posts and...