Ebla and Its Landscape: Early State Formation in the Ancient Near East

Paolo Matthiae is Emeritus Professor of Archaeology and Art History of the Ancient Near East in the Sapienza, University of Rome, and directs its Italian Archaeological Expedition to Syria. He has served as Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences, Vice-Rector for the Cultural Initiatives, and Director of the PhD School of Archaeology at Sapienza. Since 1964 he has led the excavations at Tell Mardikh-Ebla.
Nicolo Marchetti is Associate Professor in the Department of History and Cultures at the University of Bologna. He directs the archaeological excavations at Karkemish and in the past directed those at Tilmen Hoyuk, Tasli Gecit Hoyuk (Turkey), Jericho (Palestine), and participated in the Ebla excavations for 8 seasons. He is the editor of the series OrientLab and of the journal OCNUS, serves on the editorial boards of various scientific journals, and directs the School of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage (Bologna).＂