L'Università di Padova in Egitto. Analisi e ricostruzione dello scavo a Tebtynis attraverso la documentazione inedita

The purpuse of this research is make a cesus, cataloguing, digitalizing and to study the documentation related to Carlo Anti's activities in Tebtynis (Egypt), starting from the material preserved in the Museum of Archaeological Sciences and Arts of the University and in the archives of the Istituto Veneto. Carlo Anti was an archaeologist, professor, Rector of the University of Padua and he was Director of the Italian Mission in Egypt from 1928 to 1936. He excavated in Tebtynis, in the oasis of Fayum, since 1930, discovering part of the ancient town and of the temple, dedicated to the god Soknebtynis. In this research his activities in the ancient site are reconstructed and reconsidered.