Professor Daniel T. Potts FBA

The archaeology and history of the Near East, particularly the Iranian world, from antiquity to the pre-modern era
Headshot of Professor Daniel Potts FBA | Photo: Hildreth B. Potts
Fellow type
International Fellow
Year elected
2022
Subjects
Africa, Asia and Middle East, Archaeology

Current post

Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History

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