Ilaria Incordino is Research Fellow in Egyptology at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. Her main research interests are in the rise of pharaonic ideology and its symbols, cultural and commercial exchanges between Egypt and its neighbor countries, and pharaonic and Byzantine pottery analysis.
Pearce Paul Creasman is Associate Professor of Dendrochronology and Egyptian Archaeology and Director of the Egyptian Expedition at the University of Arizona. He is actively involved in several initiatives to apply scientific methods to long-standing problems in Egyptology, such as ancient climate change and chronology. His research primarily focuses on understanding ancient human and environmental interactions, especially as it relates to the use and acquisition of natural resources, and to maritime life in Egypt.