January 19, 2025
International Conference on Eritrean Studies:
Interviews of Scholars and Activists
Prof. Sarena Masa
by Habtom Tesfamichael
Prof. Sarena Masa, please, introduce yourself and tell us what inspired the establishment of the Adulis Project.
I am a professor of archaeology at the Catholic University of Milan and current president of the Research Center on the Eastern Desert. The Adulis Project was initiated twelve years ago at the request of the Eritrean government, who approached the late Professor Alfredo Castiglioni, my predecessor at the Research Center. With their extensive experience in African archaeology, we embarked on a journey to explore the significance of Adulis, a site that had long
