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Tevfik Emre Şerifoğlu

Dr. Tevfik Emre Şerifoğlu is an archaeologist with extensive fieldwork experience at several Turkish sites relevant to this unique itinerary. He is currently a lecturer at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts […]

Elizabeth M. Greene

Elizabeth (Beth) M. Greene is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Roman Archaeology at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Her excavation and research focus on the Roman […]

Ilona Bausch

Ilona Bausch specializes in the prehistoric archaeology and heritage of East Asia, particularly with regard to early trade, social interaction, rituals, and worldview among the prehistoric Jōmon people of Japan. […]

Yaşar Ersoy

Yaşar Ersoy is a Professor of Classical Archaeology. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology at Bryn Mawr College in 1993. Professor Ersoy specializes […]

Peter Bogucki

Peter Bogucki studies the prehistoric societies of Europe and has a particular interest in the spread of farming and its consequences. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University. In addition to […]

Nejib ben Lazreg

Dr. Nejib ben Lazreg is an archaeologist and researcher with the Institut National du Patrimoine in Tunisia. He is the Curator of the Salakta Archaeological Museum, the Lamta Museum, and […]

Barbara A. Porter

Barbara A. Porter is an independent scholar who lives in Washington D.C. She resided in Jordan from 2006 to 2020 when she was the Director of the American Center of Oriental Research […]

Gabriela Cervantes-Quequezana

Gabriela Cervantes-Quequezana (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh) is a Peruvian anthropological archaeologist. She has done extensive field research through survey and excavations in several regions of Peru, including the north, south, […]

Crispin Corrado

Crispin (Cris) Corrado has spent her entire career creating, leading, and teaching academic programs in Italy and Greece. A classical archaeologist specializing in Roman art, Professor Corrado has taught American […]

Joanne Murphy

Joanne Murphy (Ph.D., U. Cincinnati) is Associate Professor in the Department of Classical Studies at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her research focuses on diverse elements of the […]

Laetitia La Follette

Laetitia La Follette is Professor of Greek and Roman Art and Architecture, founding chair of the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, […]

Lisa C. Pieraccini

Lecturer, History of Art; Affiliated Faculty Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology; and Founder & Interim Director of the Mario Del Chiaro Center for the Study of Ancient Italy at the […]

William Harcourt-Smith

William Harcourt-Smith is a paleoanthropologist and naturalist based at the American Museum of Natural History and the City University of New York. Will is an expert on human evolution and an […]

Trevor Marchand

Trevor Marchand is Scientific Director of the Monumenta Orientalia project Recovery & Conservation of Islamic Monuments in Sanaa, Yemen (in collaboration with the Social Fund for Development and funded by Aliph Foundation). […]

Ian Tattersall

Ian Tattersall is an internationally-recognized authority on paleoanthropology, primatology, evolutionary biology, and evolutionary theory. Currently an Emeritus Curator in the Division of Anthropology at the American Museum of Natural History, […]

Ivančica Schrunk

Ivančica (Vanča) Dvoržak Schrunk was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and teaches ancient history and archaeology at the University of St. Thomas (St. Paul, MN), and a community class in the […]

Patrick Hunt

Award-winning archaeologist, author, and National Geographic grantee Patrick Hunt earned his Ph.D. in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, and has taught at Stanford University for more […]

Ben Thomas

Ben Thomas is the Executive Director of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) and Associate Professor in Liberal Arts at Berklee College of Music. Prior to joining SAH he was […]

Joyce C. White

Archaeological Institute of America lecturer and host Joyce C. White will share insights with you throughout this journey. Dr. White has worked in Southeast Asian archaeology since the mid-1970s and […]

Alexander Nagel

Alexander Nagel (Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) is Assistant Professor teaching the interconnections between Ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean Art at the State University of New York’s Fashion Institute […]

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