Virgílio Nuno Hipólito Correia completed his PhD in History, specializing in Archeology in 2011 from the University of Coimbra, a Master's in Archeology in 1993 from the University of Porto and a Degree in History - Archeology in 1984 from the University of Porto. He was a Senior Technician at the Regional Archeology Service-South of the Portuguese Institute of Cultural Heritage and later in Conimbriga, whose Monographic Museum he directed between 1999 and 2017; he is currently Principal Advisor at the Ministry of Culture, still at the National Museum of Conimbriga. Published 72 articles in specialized journals. He is the author of 64 book chapters and 26 books. Participated in 83 events. He supervised 1 doctoral thesis and co-supervised 2. He is an Integrated Researcher at the Center for Classical and Humanistic Studies and Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute. Participates and/or has participated as responsible researcher in 3 projects. In his professional activities, he interacted with 77 collaborators in co-authoring scientific works.