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Anna Serotta

Conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Anna Serotta is a conservator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she cares for the Egyptian Art collection. Her research includes stone carving technology.

Profile last reviewed 22 October 2026

Biography sources

Objects Conservation Team: Anna Serotta (external site) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Source type: Organisation Accessed 22 October 2026

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Research

Cited in the research

These notes cite work by Anna Serotta. Source authorship does not imply an appearance or spoken mention in the episode.

A smooth surface does not identify its maker’s tool →
Reading Tool Marks on Egyptian Stone Sculpture (external site)
The couch’s radius is not an error tolerance →
Reading Tool Marks on Egyptian Stone Sculpture (external site)
What remains inside an ancient drill hole →
Hidden Secrets of Ancient Egyptian Technology — Anna Serotta and Federico Carò, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 22 May 2015 (external site)

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Anna Serotta

Biography sources

Cited in the research

A smooth surface does not identify its maker’s tool →

The couch’s radius is not an error tolerance →

What remains inside an ancient drill hole →