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Paolo Matthiae
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1940
Paolo Matthiae is an Italian archaeologist. He is a professor of History of Art of the Ancient Near East in the University of Rome La Sapienza. He has been Director of the Ebla Expedition since 1963—in fact, its discoverer—and has published many articles and books about Ebla and about the History of Art of Mesopotamia and Syria in general. In 1972 and 1973, Matthiae co-directed the excavation of Tell Fray in the Euphrates Valley that was to be flooded by Lake Assad, the reservoir of the Tabqa Dam which was being constructed at that time. He is a member of institutions as the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome), the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, and is doctor honoris causa of the Autonomous University of Madrid.
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About Paolo Matthiae
Birth
1940
First book
1995
Years writing
31
Paolo Matthiae is an Italian archaeologist. He is a professor of History of Art of the Ancient Near East in the University of Rome La Sapienza. He has been Director of the Ebla Expedition since 1963—in fact, its discoverer—and has published many articles and books about Ebla and about the History of Art of Mesopotamia and Syria in general. In 1972 and 1973, Matthiae co-directed the excavation of Tell Fray in the Euphrates Valley that was to be flooded by Lake Assad, the reservoir of the Tabqa Dam which was being constructed at that time. He is a member of institutions as the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome), the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, and is doctor honoris causa of the Autonomous University of Madrid.
Paolo Matthiae is a distinguished archaeologist and orientalist born in Rome in 1940.
His academic work has focused primarily on the study of antiquities and the history of the Near East.
He is world-renowned for his work on the ancient city of Ebla, the central theme of his most iconic book.
Throughout his career, he has published over forty works that delve into the fascinating world of archaeological excavations.
As a university professor, he has dedicated his life to unraveling the mysteries of ancient civilizations through Assyriology.
