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Alessandra Nibbi | |
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Born |
Porto San Giorgio, Italy | 30 June 1923
Died | 15 January 2007
Oxford, England | (aged 83)
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Egyptology |
Known for | Ancient Egyptians' seafaring skill, Discussions in Egyptology |
Alessandra Nibbi (30 June 1923 – 15 January 2007) was an Italian-born Australian archaeologist.
Born on 30 June 1923 in
Porto San Giorgio,
Italy, in 1928 she
migrated with her family to
Australia because of the
political situation in Italy; Nibbi grew up in
Melbourne with an English education.
[1]
In 1947, after the war and the fall of fascism, Nibbi and her family temporarily returned to Italy, and here she got married. In 1963 she came again to Italy and during the journey she joined an excursion in
Egypt, where she became fascinated by
ancient Egyptian civilization at the point that once in Italy she started to study archaeology at the
University of Perugia and later graduated at the
University of Florence.
Shortly after, Nibbi left Italy for
Oxford,
England. In 1969 she published the
Etruscans-themed The
Tyrrhenians, but a certain notoriety only came in 1972 with the self-published The
Sea–Peoples: A Re-examination of the Egyptian Sources, in which she suggested that "
the Great Green" mentioned in Egyptian records should not be identified with the
Mediterranean Sea as usually done but rather with the verdant
Nile Delta, and that ancient Egyptians were not as much a
seafaring civilization as thought; at the time the book and the conclusions within were widely panned by mainstream academics.
[1]
Since the journals started to refuse publishing her works, in 1985 Nibbi founded her own review, the now-discontinued Discussions in Egyptology, on which she published her successive studies on ancient Egyptian geography centering on her reinterpretation of some narratives involving seafaring, such as the
Story of Wenamun. In order to finding evidences for her claims, Nibbi excavated in various Egyptian coastal locations such as
Mersa Matruh looking for
anchors and other ancient naval technology.
[1]
Alessandra Nibbi died on 15 January 2007 in Oxford, aged 83. [1]
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single source. (June 2020) |
Alessandra Nibbi | |
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Born |
Porto San Giorgio, Italy | 30 June 1923
Died | 15 January 2007
Oxford, England | (aged 83)
Nationality | Australian |
Occupation | Egyptology |
Known for | Ancient Egyptians' seafaring skill, Discussions in Egyptology |
Alessandra Nibbi (30 June 1923 – 15 January 2007) was an Italian-born Australian archaeologist.
Born on 30 June 1923 in
Porto San Giorgio,
Italy, in 1928 she
migrated with her family to
Australia because of the
political situation in Italy; Nibbi grew up in
Melbourne with an English education.
[1]
In 1947, after the war and the fall of fascism, Nibbi and her family temporarily returned to Italy, and here she got married. In 1963 she came again to Italy and during the journey she joined an excursion in
Egypt, where she became fascinated by
ancient Egyptian civilization at the point that once in Italy she started to study archaeology at the
University of Perugia and later graduated at the
University of Florence.
Shortly after, Nibbi left Italy for
Oxford,
England. In 1969 she published the
Etruscans-themed The
Tyrrhenians, but a certain notoriety only came in 1972 with the self-published The
Sea–Peoples: A Re-examination of the Egyptian Sources, in which she suggested that "
the Great Green" mentioned in Egyptian records should not be identified with the
Mediterranean Sea as usually done but rather with the verdant
Nile Delta, and that ancient Egyptians were not as much a
seafaring civilization as thought; at the time the book and the conclusions within were widely panned by mainstream academics.
[1]
Since the journals started to refuse publishing her works, in 1985 Nibbi founded her own review, the now-discontinued Discussions in Egyptology, on which she published her successive studies on ancient Egyptian geography centering on her reinterpretation of some narratives involving seafaring, such as the
Story of Wenamun. In order to finding evidences for her claims, Nibbi excavated in various Egyptian coastal locations such as
Mersa Matruh looking for
anchors and other ancient naval technology.
[1]
Alessandra Nibbi died on 15 January 2007 in Oxford, aged 83. [1]
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