The House of Fourni in Delos (Cyclades): Archaeology of a Luxury House-Complex

Since 2010, Hélène Wurmser has been assistant professor in University Lumière-Lyon 2 and since 2014, Director of the Lyon branch of the Research Centre on Ancient Architecture (IRAA/CNRS). Former scientific fellow of the French School in Athens, she obtained in 2008 a PhD in Archaeology and Art History of Greece at the Sorbonne University. She is a specialist in domestic architecture in the Greek world, with a particular focus on the Hellenistic and Imperial periods. Since 2009, she has been in charge of the excavation and study of the House of Fourni on Delos, which will be published as part of the Exploration archéologique de Délos series. The mission is under the authority of the Ephorate of Antiquities of the Cyclades and the French School in Athens. The team brings together several collaborators: Pr. Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets, specialist of paintings and mosaics (Paris-Nanterre), Dr. Anne-Sophie Martz, independent ceramologist, and Dr. Aurélie Terrier, archaeologist and architect (Lausanne EPFL). Hélène Wurmser will coordinate the contributions of the researchers, organize the development of the database and the electronic publication of the material, in close collaboration with the French School in Athens, as well as the publication of the monograph.