Prof. Israel Finkelstein

Professor of Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, Tel Aviv University
Director of the Megiddo Expedition and Co-Director of the European Research Project “Reconstructing Ancient Israel: The Exact and Life Sciences Perspective (2009-2014)
Author of The Archaeology of the Israelite Settlement (1988), Living on the Fringe (1995), The Bible Unearthed (2001), David and Solomon (2006 – the latter two with Neil Asher Silberman) and The Forgotten Kingdom (2013, won of the Prix Delalande Guérineau, 2014, of the Institut de France, l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres)
Laureate of the Dan David Prize in the Past Dimension, Archaeology (2005); named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture (2009); Doctorate Doctorate honoris causa from the University of Lausanne (2010); 'correspondant étranger' of the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres