Tharros: A Sardinian Treasure in the Ancient Mediterranean

Barbara Faedda is the executive director of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies at Columbia University, where she conceived the International Observatory for Cultural Heritage. She is also an adjunct professor in Columbia's Department of Italian. In 2019, Faedda was appointed ambassador, permanent observer for the European Public Law Organization to the United Nations, and in 2022 she was named a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

Paolo Carta is a professor at the University of Trento, where he teaches history of political thought and serves as dean of the School of Law. He has taught and lectured at the École Normale Supérieure, Columbia University, University of Oxford, Paris Sorbonne, and many other universities. He sits on a number of advisory and scientific boards, including the executive committee of the Italian Academy.

Faedda and Carta are coeditors of A Lost Mediterranean Culture: The Giant Statues of Sardinia's Mont'e Prama (Columbia, 2023).