Francesco Genchi

FRANCESCO GENCHI University La Sapienza of Rome Francesco Genchi, born in Bari (Italy) on July 9th 1977, obtained his Ph.D from the University of Bologna in 2012, he is currently researcher to Department of Oriental Studies at University La Sapienza of Rome. He is a professional archaeologist specialized in stratigraphic excavation and digital documentation techniques, as well as in archaeological survey and landscape mapping. Genchi participated in excavations at Ras al-Hadd HD6, Ras al-Jinz RJ2 and was field-director for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in rescue excavation for setting an oper-air archaeological park at Ras al Hamra in the Capital Area of Muscat. More recently, he directed field works for the Ministry of Heritage and Culture at the Early Iron Age metallurgical site of Uqdat Al-Bakra/As-Safah in the estearn Rub al-Khali and the collective graves LCG1 and LCG2 at Daba in the Musandam Governorate, as well as the Neolithic site HD2 at Ras al-Hadd. He directed also excavations and documentation projects along Segment 2 of the Batinah Expressway near Rustaq and conducted an intensive archaeological survey in the area of the Duqm Special Economic Zone Authority (SEZAD). He is presently director of the Italian Archaeological Project to Daba. Outside Oman, he worked extensively in Italy, as well as in Eritrea, Dominican Republic, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Tunisia, India, Indonesia.