Elena Devecchi is Associate Professor of History of Ancient Western Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean at the University of Turin. After earning her PhD at the University of Venice, she held research and teaching positions in Germany, Belgium, and Austria. Her work focuses on international relations in the Late Bronze Age, especially historical and diplomatic texts from Anatolia and Syria, as well as the socio-economic history of Kassite Babylonia.

Marcello Valente is Associate Professor of Greek History at the University of Eastern Piedmont. After earning his PhD at University of Chieti-Pescara, he held research and teaching position at University of Turin. His work focuses on social and economic history of ancient Greece and Greek historiography.