ENTRY DESCRIPTION
The main aim of my reportage is to introduce the western public to the Egyptian workers of the archaeological campaigns who make it actually possible to bring archeological finds to light and with them the study of the oldest civilisation in history. Many of the labourers of today are highly competent in various methods of excavation and can identify different types of soil stratification as well as date their historical period. They can also read some of the hieroglyphics. They are proud of the work handed down to them over generations and almost all proudly claim to have an ancestor who participated in the excavations of Howard Carter, Ernesto Schiapparelli or other famous Egyptologists; Work in an archaeological excavation in Egypt is extremely hard, they work from 7 am to 4 pm and it is performed almost entirely through the labourers’ physical strength.

AUTHOR
Maria Regina De Luca is a Neapolitan photographer and journalist who lives in Madrid. Graduated in Literature, specializing in Historical and Artistic Studies, she studied cinematography and screenwriting at the Ecam school in Madrid and photography at the Efti school. Among his teachers there are artists such as Luciano Ferrara, Frances- co Zizola, Monika Bulaj, Shoba Battaglia, Javier Vallhonrat, Jose Latova.
Creator, director and screenwriter of short films (“THE GOLDEN DROPS“ 2010 and “I Will Wait” - 2012), has collaborated with the ma- gazine “The International Post” and collaborates with “Iuppiter News” for over two years regularly and whit El Economista. Regina De Luca works in the field of pictorial experimentation and the search for fiction and the

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