Gabriele Pieke is Head of the Antiquity Department of the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen in Mannheim. She has curated numerous exhibitions and has been involved in international research projects for many years. She is an expert in the field of ancient Egyptian art history and is part of archaeological missions at Thebes and Saqqara. Her research focuses in particular on non-royal tombs from the Old to New Kingdoms (3rd–2nd millennium BC).