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Paolo Matthiae

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Paolo Matthiae (born 1940) is an Italian archaeologist.

Paolo Matthiae
Born1940 (age 83–84)
NationalityItalian
Alma materSapienza University of Rome
OccupationArchaeologist
Known forDiscovery of Ebla
Awards Order of Civil Merit (Excellent class) (2023)

He is a professor of 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. In 1972 and 1973, Matthiae co-directed the excavation of Tell Fray in the Euphrates Valley that was to be flooded by Lake Assad, the reservoir of the Tabqa Dam which was being constructed at that time.[1] He is a member of institutions as the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome), the Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres and the Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, and is doctor Honoris Causa of the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Books

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  • Ebla: An Empire Rediscovered
  • Ebla: La città rivelata, collection «Universale Electa/Gallimard●Storia e civiltà» (nº 56), Electa/Gallimard, 1995
  • Aux origines de la Syrie : Ebla retrouvée, collection « Découvertes Gallimard / Archéologie » (nº 276), Éditions Gallimard, 1996

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References

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  1. ^ Bounni, Adnan (1988), "Découvertes archéologiques récentes en Syrie", Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres (in French), 132 (2): 361–380, doi:10.3406/crai.1988.14616
  2. ^ "President al-Assad awards Italian archaeologist Paolo Matthiae Syrian Order of Merit of Excellent Degree". Syrian Arab News Agency. sana.sy. 5 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.