Patricia Mora Riudavets was born in Barcelona in 1983. She is an MA in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool and has a degree in History from the Universitat de Barcelona. Her research focused on music and dance in ancient Egypt, being the topic of her MA dissertation the “Women clapping their hands within musical bands in the Old Kingdom”.

While doing her degree, she discovered her passion for photography and assisted at photography classes in the Faculty of Fine Arts from the University of Barcelona, where she learnt to develop her own photos. 

Years later she completed the Annual Course of Photographic Technique at the Aula de Especialización Fotográfica (Barcelona), where she learnt the techniques of professional lighting and digital retouching, and completed the Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) Training Course at University College London (UCL).

Combining both her passions for a living, she has been working as an archaeological photographer in Egypt, with national and international projects in Cairo, Middle Egypt, Luxor and Aswan since 2006.

Recently she has completed the «International Postgraduate in Scientific Photography» at the Universidad de Alcalá (UAH), one of its kind in Europe, in which she developed, among other techniques, the skills to use multispectral photography applied to the cultural heritage.

Archaeological projects:

  • Qaw el-Kebir Expedition: Project directed by Dr Jose Manuel Alba Gómez (Universidad de Alcalá), working in the necropolis of Qaw el-Kebir (Asyut, Egypt). Winter season 2024.
  • Sun Temples Project: Project directed by Dr Massimiliano Nuzzolo (Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Culture of the Polish Academy of Sciences), in the solar temple of Niuserra in Abu Ghurab. Spring season 2022, autumn season 2022, spring season 2025. https://www.suntemplesproject.org/
  • Aswan/Syene Project: Project directed by Dr Cornelius Von Pilgrim and co-directed by Dr Wolfgang Müller (Schewizer Institut für Ägyptische Bauforschung und Altertumskunde in Kairo), in Aswan (Egypt). Spring season 2019, Fall season 2019, Spring season 2022. http://swissinst.ch
  • Middle Kingdom Theban Project: Project directed by Dr Antonio J. Morales (Universidad de Alcalá), in Deir el Bahari and Asasif (Luxor, Egypt). Seasons 2018, 2020, summer 2021, winter 2021, spring 2023, winter 2023, spring 2024.  http://www.thebanproject.com
  • Elephantine Project: Project directed by Dr Cornelius von Pilgrim (Schewizer Institut für Ägyptische Bauforschung und Altertumskunde in Kairo) in Elephantine Island (Aswan, Egypt). Fall season 2017, Spring season 2019, Spring season 2022.  http://www.swissinst.ch
  • Proyecto Qubbet el Hawa: Project directed by Dr Alejandro Jiménez Serrano (Universidad de Jaén) in Aswan (Egypt). Seasons 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022. http://www.ujaen.es/investiga/qubbetelhawa/index.php
  • Dayr al-Barsha Project: directed by Dr Harco Willems (University of Leuven) in Dayr al- Barsha (Mynia, Egypt). 2017.
  • Monthemhat Project (TT34): Project directed by Dr Farouk Gomaá (Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen) in El-Asasif’s necropolis (Luxor, Egypt). Seasons of 2006,2008, 2009 and 2010.
  • Proyecto Arqueológico Medio Eufrates Sirio (PAMES): Project directed by Dr Juan Luis Montero Fenollós (Universidad de La Coruña) in Deir Ez-Zor (Syria). Season of July 2009. http://www.arqueologiaoriente.com/

Photographic exhibitions:

  • Beyond the tree. A journey into the traditions of Egyptian woodcraft». Comissioned by Medjehu Project.
  • 10th December 2024 – 10th January 2025, Colegio de Caracciolos, Alcalá de Henares (Spain).
  • June 2025, Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale – IFAO (Cairo)
  • De Asuán a Jaén. Desenterrando el pasado en la “Colina del Viento”
  • 20th September 2016, Museum of Jaén (Spain).
  • 7th-20th of November 2016, University of Jaén (Spain).
  • Los resultados del Proyecto Qubbet el-Hawa en Egipto
  • 14th-30th June 2017,  Museum of Jaén (Spain).
  • “The Middle Kingdom Theban Project y la expedición arqueológica a Egipto de la UAH”
  • 20th December 2019 – March 31th 2020. San Diego Coffee Corner, Alcalá de Henares (Spain)

Awards:

  • Golden Shot International Photography Awards 2024, Travel. Third place.
  • Refocus Awards 2024. Landscape. Silver winner. / Travel. People’s vote awards winner.
  • Px3 – Paris 2024. Nature, Landscape. Bronze winner.
  • TIFA 2023. Science, Other. Silver winner.
  • BIFA 2023. Nature, Landscape. Bronze winner. / Science, Other. Bronze winner.
  •  IPA 2021. People, Other. Honorable Mention.
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