Luana TESORO

Born in Trani (BT) in 1998, she obtained her diploma of classical high school at the "F. De Sanctis" Trani.

In 2021 she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Humanities - curriculum Literary Culture of Antiquity (L-10) at the University of Bari "A. Moro" with a thesis in Latin Paleography entitled From Romanesque to Gothic. The evolution of epigraphic culture in medieval Trani, with prof. Paolo Fioretti.

At the same university in 2022 she obtained his master’s degree in Archaeology (LM-2) with a thesis in Greek Paleography entitled Inscriptions on the Apulian vases with red figures (Vex-IV sec. BC), with prof. Paolo Fioretti and prof. Giuseppina Gadaleta.

In 2024, also at the university of Bari, she obtained the title of School of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage - curriculum Classical Archaeology (SAB-5201) with a thesis in Greek Epigraphy entitled The birth of Greek writing in southern Italy and in Sicily, with prof. Omar Coluru, prof. Giuseppina Gadaleta, prof. Paolo Fioretti and prof. Antonino Facella (University of Genoa). In the same year she obtained a Master I in Humanities.

From 2020 she participates in archaeological excavations and archaeological surveys during summer and autumn, conducted by the University of Bari "A. Moro" and the University of Foggia in Egnazia (BR), Altamura-Campo 65 (BA), Siponto (FG). Since 2023, she has also been involved in the archaeological excavations of the University of Genoa at Contrada Cifali-Chiaramonte Gulfi (RG).

Since 2022 she is a member of Alteritas-Interazione tra i popoli and of the SPEM group (Permanent Seminar on Messapic).

In 2022 she participated as an evaluator to the INTERREG, promoted by the European Union, within the framework of the ADRION Project on the island of Krk, Croatia.

In November 2023 she held a seminar at the University of Beijing on the theme of the birth and spread of red figure pottery in southern Italy and Sicily.

Since 2024, she has been collaborating with the University of Genoa and the Istituto della Biblioteca Calabrese to create a GIS platform for georeferencing the results of the surveys in the Valle del Torbido.

Since September 2024 she is a PhD student in Ancient Heritage Studies (Ca' Foscari University of Venice, University of Udine, University of Trieste) with a project entitled The inscriptions on red-figured vases of southern Italy and Sicily (end V-III sec. a.C.), with Prof. Marina Rubinich (supervisor, University of Udine), Prof. Giuseppina Gadaleta (co-supervisor, University of Bari "A. Moro"), Prof. Omar Coloru (co-supervisor, University of Bari "A. Moro").

Since 2025 she is inscribed in the Italian Ministery of Culture's list as an arcaheology of first level.

Since 2025 she is "cultrice della materia" in Ancient Greek History and Epigraphy and in Arcaheology of Magna Grecia at the Univerity of Bari "A. Moro".