Paolo Matthiae

Prof. Paolo Matthiae is Emeritus  Professor  of Archaeology  and 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.

Emeritus Professor Sapienza Università di Roma
Director of the Archaeological Expedition at Ebla, Syria,
Socio Nazionale Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei,
Associé Étranger Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris,
Foreign Member Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien,
Foreign Member Royal Swedish Academy, Stockholm,
 Member Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, Berlin,
 Knight of Great Cross, Italian Republic