My Marie Curie project PythiaPlus explores the nature of the epigraphic cultures of the Greek and Roman worlds using Artificial Intelligence.
By revolutionising our ability to access and analyse the data through the implementation of Machine Learning models, this research will enable and undertake the interpretation of the epigraphic patterns discovered by the models across thousands of Greek and Latin inscriptions, transforming our understanding of epigraphic communication. My first output is the Ithaca project.
My doctoral thesis investigated the burial practices of Archaic and Classical western Sicily, incorporating comparative epigraphic evidence. It explored the processes of creation and assertion of socio-cultural identities among migrant and indigenous communities. My thesis was awarded the G. Nenci prize by the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.
My work on ancient Sicily continues today with the publication of the Himera transport amphorae inscriptions, a digital database of Sicilian curse tablets, and texts from indigenous Sicilian sites.