Naïdé Ferchiou


Naïdé Ferchiou was a Tunisian archaeologist whose work dealt mainly with Roman North Africa. She excavated at several important sites, including Abthugni.

Education

In 1968 Ferchiou earned a laurea at the University of Tunisia with a thesis on the mausolea of the region of Mactaris. In 1972 she received her doctorate at the Sorbonne with a dissertation entitled L'architecture romaine du Haut-Tell tunisien: recherches sur le rythme modulaire sur les thèmes décoratifs, under the supervision of Gilbert Charles-Picard, Roland Martin, and René Ginouvès. She finished her academic work with a State Doctorate in 1985 at the University of Aix-Marseille, with a thesis entitled L'évolution du décor architectonique en Afrique proconsulaire des derniers temps de Carthage aux Antonins under the direction of Pierre Gros and with Paul Albert Février, René Ginouvès, Gilbert Charles-Picard and Friedrich Rakob on the committee.

Career

In 1983 she began to work at the National Institute for Tunisian Patrimony, first as maître de recherches and later as directeur de recherches, working with excavations, restoration and management of patrimony. Further she taught history of architecture at the University of Tunisia. She was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and associate researcher at the Institute of Research on Architecture of the French Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

Publications

Monographs