Prof. Dr Dr Alicia Maravelia

- Founder, President and CEO of the Hellenic Institute of Egyptology, a Research Foundation under the Auspices of the Hellenic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa and HHB the Patriarch, Theodoros II, whose scope is the raise of funds in order to perform high–level and modern technology research, egyptological, archaeological and interdisciplinary projects, as well as the dissemination of Egyptology in the general Hellenic public, at Schools, Universities, the organization of scientific conferences, seminars, egyptological publications, and the like.
- Egyptologist and Archaeoastronomer; ex–Research Associate at the Centre for Egyptological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CES/RAS).
- Currently Professor of Egyptology at the People’s University of Athens. Also teaches at the Institute’s Seminar.
- Graduated from the University of Thessaloniki, Hellas, in 1988 with a BSc in Physics.
- Postgraduate fellow from 1991-94 (stipendiary of the Hellenic General Secretariat of Research and Technology) at the National Observatory of Athens, Astronomical Institute.
- Obtained her first PhD in Astronomy from the University of Athens, Department of Physics, Section of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Hellas, in 1997, specializing in Extragalactic Astrophysics (Large Magellanic Cloud), given unanimously the highest possible grade (arista).
- Obtained her second PhD in Egyptology at the University of Limoges, Centre des Recherches en Sciences de l’Antiquité, École Doctorale SHS (Discipline: Egyptology, Ancient History, Classic Philology) on Friday 7th May 2004, judged by a pluri–disciplinary jury (3 Egyptologists, 2 Hellenists, 1 Historian of Antiquity, 1 Philosopher of Science), and she was unanimously given the highest possible grade (très honorable et avec félicitations). Her 2nd PhD Thesis (“Les Astres dans les Textes Religieux en Égypte Antique et dans les Hymnes Orphiques Helléniques”) is specializing in the research for astronnomical and cosmovisional elements in the ancient Egyptian religious texts (mainly PT, CT & secondarily BD), their comparison to the Orphic Hymns’ astronomical and cosmovisional ideas, as well as their philosophical comparison to some modern astronomical and cosmological notions. Her PhD was published as a book by an international publishing house (Oxford, British Archaeological Reports, BAR Series 1527).
- Published many scientific papers (more than 100) and review articles on Egyptology and Archaeoastronomy and some books as well.
- Editor in chief for several British Archaeological Reports International Series books (BAR S 1052, 1154, 1218, 1448, 1960).
- Participated actively with original papers and organized egyptological and archaeoastronomical sessions in many international scientific conferences, colloquia and congresses. She has also presented numerous invited lectures, as a key–note speaker, worldwide. Also she taught in several International Summer Schools.
- Member of the International Association of Egyptologists, the European Association of Archaeologists, the Euro–Mediterranean Academy of Arts & Sciences, the International Society for Archaeoastronomy and Astronomy in Culture (ISAAC), the Hellenic Society of Aesthetics, the Association of Greek Women Scientists, & c.

Topic of the Speech: Application of Smart Informatics in Egyptology: The Athens Mummy Project as an Example of Effective Interdi¬sciplinarity