MKTP team 2025
Season X
November-December 2025
Head
Antonio J. Morales
Egiptology
Raúl Sánchez Casado
Beatriz Noria Serrano
Andrés Martín García de la Cruz
Conservation
Ella Jewell Andrews
Reed Ivey Hudson
Aránzazu Vaquero González
Jaume Vilaró Fabregat
Archaeology
Miguel Ángel López Marcos
Rebekah Evelynn Davis
Landscape Archaeology
Fernando Casamayor Molina
Botanics
Daniel Sánchez Mata
Photography
Patricia Mora Riudavets
Other seasons:
Team 2023
Team 2021
Team 2020
Team 2018
Team 2017
Antonio J. Morales
HeadAntonio J. Morales Rondán is a Full Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Ancient History at the University of Alcalá (UAH) and Director of the Middle Kingdom Theban Project. He was previously a lecturer in Egyptology at the Free University of Berlin. Since 2026, he has been coordinating the official Master’s degree programme in Egyptology and Cultures of the Ancient Near East at the University of Alcalá.
Raúl Sánchez
EgyptologistRaúl Sánchez Casado is a “Ramón y Cajal” postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Ancient History at the University of Seville. He holds a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the same university, with a dissertation on the ka servant in the Old Kingdom. His primary field of research focuses on the study of funerary cults in the Old Kingdom from a predominantly social perspective. He is currently the principal investigator for the project “Invisible Networks: Patronage in the Funerary Cult of the Old Kingdom.”
Beatriz Noria
EgyptologistBeatriz Noria Serrano holds a degree in History from the University of Seville and a Master’s degree in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool. In 2023, she defended her thesis, entitled “Social and cultural aspects of maternal filiation in the Egyptian Middle Kingdom”, at the University of Alcalá. In 2024, she was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pisa and is currently a Juan de la Cierva research fellow at the University of Seville.
Andrés Martín
EgyptologistAndrés Martín García de la Cruz holds a degree in History and a Master’s degree in Archaeology and Heritage from the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM). He also holds a research Master’s degree (ResMA) in Egyptology from Leiden University (UL). He is currently pursuing his PhD at Leiden University as the recipient of the NVIC/NINO Scholarship, works at the Dutch-Flemish Institute in Cairo, and is a member of the Standing Committee of the Ibero-American Congress of Young Researchers in Egyptology (CIJIE).
Ella Jewell Andrews
Conservation for archaeologyElla Jewell Andrews is a master’s student in archaeological restoration and museums at University College London (UCL). She earned a master’s degree in Conservation Principles from UCL, with a master’s thesis focused on adobe structures in the Middle East. She previously earned her bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and worked on several archaeological excavations during her undergraduate studies. Her research interests center on archaeological conservation in both museums and archaeological expeditions, with a particular focus on inorganic materials.
Reed Ivey Hudson
RestorerReed Ivey Hudson is an American conservator who was educated in Italy, the United States, and the United Kingdom. She earned a bachelor’s degree in African Studies from Mount Holyoke College, a postgraduate certificate in Art Conservation from Studio Art Colleges International in Florence, a degree in Museum Studies from Harvard University, a master’s degree in Conservation Principles, and a Master of Science in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums from University College London. She is currently the Chief Metals Conservator at Historic Environment Scotland and serves on the board of the Institute for Archaeological Conservation.
Aránzazu Vaquero
RestorerAránzazu Vaquero González studied at the Higher School of Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage in Galicia, specializing in archaeology. She also holds a master’s degree in Professional Archaeology and Comprehensive Heritage Management from the University of Alicante. She has participated in numerous archaeological and paleontological excavations both in Spain and abroad.
Jaume Vilaró
RestorerJaume Vilaró Fabregat is a guest conservator with the Middle Kingdom Theban Project. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Art History and in Conservation-Restoration of Cultural Heritage from the University of Barcelona and a master’s degree in Egyptology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona; he is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Egyptology at the University of Naples Federico II. His project, which stems from the Vatican Coffin Project, studies the non-stola yellow coffins from the 21st Dynasty housed at the Museo Egizio (Turin).
Miguel Ángel López Marcos
ArchaeologistMiguel Ángel López Marcos studied Prehistory and Archaeology at the University Autonoma of Madrid (1987) and the BA in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritahe in the Department of Archaeology at the same institution (1987). He is a professional archaeologist with 35 years of experience in the development and application of techniques and methodologies in the archaeological survey, excavation and documentation, as well as restoration and conservation of the archaeological and monumental heritage in Spain as well as abroad (Italy, Marocco, Egypt).
Rebekah Evelynn Davis
ArchaeologistRebekah Evelynn Davis holds a bachelor’s degree in the Humanities and a master’s degree in Archaeology and Archaeological Heritage Management from the University of Alcalá (UAH). She is currently working on her doctoral dissertation at the same university, where she is studying the hunting strategies and use of wildlife by the first anatomically modern humans in the interior of the Iberian Peninsula.
Fernando Casamayor
Landscape ArchaeologyFernando Casamayor Molina is a PhD candidate in Islamic Architecture and Archaeology at Harvard University. His research focuses on the study of the Abbasid landscape in Iraq and Iraqi Kurdistan, with particular attention to the relationship between urban planning, architecture and power structures. He has taken part in numerous archaeological excavations in Spain, Italy, England, Turkey, Tunisia and the West Bank.
Daniel Sánchez
BotanistDaniel Sánchez Mata is a professor of Plant Biology, Botany, and Plant Ecology in the Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacognosy, and Botany at the School of Pharmacy, Complutense University of Madrid. After earning his bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy, he received his Ph.D. in Plant Ecology and Geobotany from the Complutense University of Madrid. He is also an expert in plant and pharmacological toxicology.
Patricia Mora
PhotographerPatricia Mora Riudavets is an internationally acclaimed photographer with a background in Egyptology who has specialized in scientific photography applied to archaeology. By combining her two passions, photography and Egyptology, she has participated as a professional photographer in numerous national and international archaeological projects in Egypt and Syria.
