In July, USA Today featured an article about Eric Cline, chair of GW’s department of classical and Semitic languages and literatures and associate professor of classics and of anthropology. The article discussed Cline’s latest book, From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible, which examines how archaeology can reveal the facts behind biblical tales. Click here to read the USA Today article.

Cline, a well-known author, serves as the faculty advisor for undergraduate students majoring in archeology, and has been honored with national and local teaching awards. He helps direct excavations at two sites in Israel; Megiddo, the biblical Armageddon, and Tel Kabri. Cline also participated in a series of lectures for GW alumni in collaboration with the traveling King Tut exhibition in Chicago, Fort Lauderdale, and Philadelphia. To learn more about Cline and his work, click here.