Eric H. Cline

Associate Professor of Classics, Anthropology, and History
Chair, Department of Classical and Semitic Languages and Literatures
Associate Director (USA), The Megiddo Expedition: http://megiddo.tau.ac.il/
Co-Director, Tel Kabri Project: http://www.tau.ac.il/humanities/archaeology/projects/kabri/index.htm
E-mail ehcline@gwu.edu
Office: Phillips Hall 302 / (202) 994-0316

Dr. Cline is a classical and biblical archaeologist and ancient historian whose primary fields of study are biblical archaeology, the military history of the Mediterranean world from antiquity to present, the Bronze Age Aegean, and the international connections between Greece, Egypt, and the Near East during the Late Bronze Age (1700-1100 BCE).

Research

A prolific researcher and author with eight books and more than 70 articles and book reviews to his credit, Dr. Cline is an experienced field archaeologist. He has directed or participated in 22 seasons of excavation and survey in Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Cyprus, Greece, and the U.S., including six seasons at the site of Megiddo (biblical Armageddon) in Israel, where he is the Associate Director (USA). He is also co-director of a new series of excavations at the site of Tel Kabri, Israel.

Current Research Projects

1. Associate Director (USA) of the Megiddo Expedition, Israel, with directorial, excavation, and publication responsibilities; Middle Bronze, Late Bronze and Iron Age remains; run by Tel Aviv University and The George Washington University (Israel Finkelstein, David Ussishkin and Eric H. Cline).
   
2. Co-Director of the Tel Kabri Excavations and the Tel Kabri Regional Archaeological Survey Project, Israel, with full directorial, excavation, and publication responsibilities; run by UC Santa Cruz and The George Washington University (Assaf Yasur-Landau and Eric H. Cline).

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Selected Publications

See Dr. Cline's Publications Web Site for a complete list of publications.

Books

2009	Cline, E.H. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea: International Trade and the Late Bronze Age Aegean. B.A.R. International Series 591. Oxford: Archaeopress. (Reissue of 1994 book with updates.)
2007	Cline, E.H. From Eden to Exile: Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible. Washington, DC: National Geographic Books.
2006	Cline, E.H., and D. O'Connor, eds. Thutmose III: A New Biography. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
2005	Cline, E.H., and J. Rubalcaba. The Ancient Egyptian World. New York: Oxford University Press.
2004	Cline, E.H. Jerusalem Besieged: From Ancient Canaan to Modern Israel. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Articles and Book Chapters

2008	Cline, E.H. "Troy as a 'Contested Periphery:' Archaeological Perspectives on Cross-Cultural and Cross Disciplinary Interactions Concerning Bronze Age Anatolia." In Collins, B.J., M.R. Bachvarova and I.C. Rutherford, eds. Anatolian Interfaces: Hittites, Greeks and their Neighbours. Proceedings of an International Conference on Cross-Cultural Interaction, September 17-19, 2004, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
2006	Cline, E.H. "Area L (the 1998-2000 seasons)." In I. Finkelstein, D. Ussishkin, and B. Halpern, eds., Megiddo IV: The 1998-2002 Seasons, vol. 1: 104-123. Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University.
2005	Cline, E.H. "The multivalent nature of imported objects in the ancient Mediterranean world." In R. Laffineur and E. Greco, eds., Emporia: Mycenaeans and Minoans in the Central and Eastern Mediterranean: 45-51. Aegaeum 25. Liège: Université de Liège.
2003	Cline, E.H., and D. O'Connor. "The mystery of the 'Sea Peoples'." In D. O'Connor and S. Quirke, eds., Mysterious Lands: 107-138. London: UCL Press.

Courses Taught

Anth 003: Introduction to Archaeology
Anth 116: Mediterranean Field Program
Anth 184: First Farmers to First Cities
Anth 188: Archaeology of Israel and Neighboring Lands
Anth 197/AH 104: Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
Anth 801: Troy and the Trojan War

Education

Ph.D. 1991, University of Pennsylvania
M.A. 1984, Yale University
B.A. 1982, Dartmouth College