José das Candeias Sales 
Universidade Aberta; CHUL 
Co-responsible for the Project


Full Professor in the Universidade Aberta and a researcher in the Centre for History of the University of Lisbon and a member of the Centro de Estudos Globais of the Universidade Aberta. He works in the field of ancient History – Egyptology –, having published many books and articles both in Portugal and abroad. He is responsible for the research project “Tutankhamon em Portugal. Relatos na Imprensa Portuguesa (1922-1939)” in the field of ancient Egypt reception studies. This project aims to identify, analyse, and publish the news released by the Portuguese press (newspapers and magazines) about the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun.


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Susana Mota 
Researcher Centro de Estudos Globais da UAb
Co-responsible for the Project

Researcher in the Centro de Estudos Globais of the Universidade Aberta. She is also responsible for the research project in the field of ancient Egypt reception studies titled “Tutankhamon em Portugal. Relatos na Imprensa Portuguesa (1922-1939)”. 

Since 2006, Susana Mota has done research in Egyptology, and from 2016 onwards, she has dedicated herself to researching in the field of ancient Egypt reception, Egyptomania, and in the field of History of Communication.


(ORCID; Google Scholar; Academia.edu)

Carla Mota
Faculdade de Letras, Universidade de Coimbra
Translator / Desk researcher


After a bachelor’s degree in Modern Languages (English/French), Carla Mota focused her studies on the field of Translation which gave her a broad knowledge about the main area of translation and its particular challenges. Besides having translated articles and abstracts for researchers, her master’s degree dissertation was a specialised translation exercise on Egyptology ("A Tradução Especializada - Um ensaio de Tradução na área da Egiptologia" - Universidade de Coimbra, 2019). She is a member of the research project “Tutankhamon em Portugal. Relatos na Imprensa Portuguesa (1922-1939)” as a translator and desk researcher.