Person
International Coordinator
- International Office, HT
- Faculty Office
Affiliated Researcher
- Affiliated Classical archaeology
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Health and Safety Representative
- Faculty Office
Contact information
E-mail fanni.faegerstenht.luse
Phone +46 46 222 87 73
Room SOL:A142
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
(international coordinator)
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
(health and safety representative)
Internal post code 20
I work as an International Coordinator at the HT Faculties’ International Office, mainly with exchange agreements, out- and inbound exchange students, and staff mobility.
In 2003 I defended my doctoral dissertation in Classical Archaeology and Ancient History. The thesis treated a specific sculptural material on Cyprus (Egyptianizing votive sculpture) and discussed cultural contacts in the Eastern Mediterranean during the first millennium BCE. In my current research I focus on Phoenician architectonic elements, religious sculpture, everyday items, and textiles. The Phoenician material culture – mainly expressed in painted and inlaid high-quality cedar wood, decorated metal objects, and high-quality textiles with colorful patterns – seemingly had great impact on surrounding areas, both in the Levant and further west along the Mediterranean. I am interested in tracking this (mostly absent) influential ancient material culture in the preserved archaeological record.
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Contact person at Lund University for USI - Universities and Swedish Research Institutes Cooperating for Internationalization
Conferences (2026)
European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS), Leuven, Belgium
20–23 July 2026
(Ancient Israel and the Ancient Near East)
Paper together with Carolina López-Ruiz, University of Chicago: ”The Sacred Mountain and its Eternal Forest: the lives and reception of a Canaanite-Phoenician motif”
American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR), Chicago
18–21 November 2026
(Archaeology of the Near East)
Paper together with Carolina López-Ruiz, University of Chicago: ”The impact of the Sacred Cedar Forest in the ancient Near East”
(Archaeology of Egypt)
Own paper: ”The Lebanese cedar forest and the Egyptian desert: on Pre- and Early Dynastic animals, ships and mummies”
Article (2023)
Faegersten, F. and C. López-Ruiz. 2023. Beyond ‘Volute Capitals’: Materials, Meaning, and Adaptations of a Phoenician motif. JEMAHS (Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies) 11 (nos. 2-3), 229-255.
International Coordinator
- International Office, HT
- Faculty Office
Affiliated Researcher
- Affiliated Classical archaeology
- Department of Archaeology and Ancient History
Health and Safety Representative
- Faculty Office
Contact information
E-mail fanni.faegerstenht.luse
Phone +46 46 222 87 73
Room SOL:A142
Visiting address
Helgonabacken 12, Lund
Postal address
Box 201, 221 00 Lund
(international coordinator)
Box 192, 221 00 Lund
(health and safety representative)
Internal post code 20