The threat to world heritage in Iraq: petition of international scholars

This petition was delivered to the United Nations and UNESCO on 14 April 2003, on behalf of International Scholars of Mesopotamia and the Near East urging measures for the safeguarding of Iraqi cultural heritage now and after the conclusion of the war.

Since then, scholars in many other fields expressed their concern and their wish to sign the petition. We were delighted to receive support from the wider academic community.

The petition is now closed. The signatories as of 9 May 2003 -- well over a thousand -- are listed below in order of receipt.

Kathryn E. Slanski
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
Yale University

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Urgent Petition of International Scholars of Mesopotamia and the Near East to the United Nations and UNESCO for the Safeguarding of Iraqi Cultural Heritage

'Mesopotamia' designates the land where human beings first built cities, organized complex states, formulated elaborate religious beliefs, invented writing, developed sophisticated visual and literary expression, articulated measures for maintaining law and justice. The list of humankind's momentous "Firsts from Mesopotamia" is too long to detail. Mesopotamian religious, literary, and artistic traditions represent the origins of advanced culture, and their value to world civilization is inestimable. Understanding of Mesopotamia illuminates fundamental aspects of Judeo-Christian tradition and of Islam, and Mesopotamia has ties as well to ancient Greece--chapters of human history that gave shape to the world we inhabit today.

The geographical realm of ancient Mesopotamia extends into the modern states of Syria, Iran, and Jordan, but for the greatest part lies within Iraq. As scholars committed to the study and teaching of the history and culture of Mesopotamia, many of whom have been guests of the Iraqi people, we have deep ties to persons in Iraq as well as a profound appreciation for the cultural resources preserved within its borders. The only access that our and future generations have to ancient Mesopotamia is through the ancient physical remains left behind. Each artifact, written text, and archaeological context is unique and irreplaceable. Once destroyed, that link to humanity's past is lost, to us and to our descendants, forever.

Students of a civilization reaching back more than 5,000 years, we are accustomed to taking a long-term view of history and historical events. The present military conflict in Iraq will come to an end. We hope it will end as quickly and with as little loss of life as possible, and with a minimum of damage to excavated and unexcavated ancient sites as well as museum collections. Destruction of Iraqi cultural heritage will result in devastating and irrecoverable losses to human civilization, and to participate in or allow such destruction may inflame resentment and anger throughout the world, particularly in the Middle East. We believe, as is also recognized by the people and government of Iraq, that the ancient cultural heritage of the Iraqi people is at least as vital to their future as oil reserves are to their country's economic survival. Rigorous efforts by US and allied military forces and whatever body oversees post-war Iraq to protect ancient sites and artifacts can only enhance future goodwill. We believe that education can be a powerful tool, that cooperation among scholars and educators can serve as a vital bridge between Iraqi and Western people once the current conflict is over, and that steps must be taken now to protect the cultural heritage of Iraq before it is too late.

We, the undersigned members of the scholarly community devoted to the study and teaching of ancient Mesopotamia and Pre-Modern Iraq, urge the United Nations and UNESCO to forward the following recommendations to US-Allied military command:

1. That rigorous care be taken not to target archaeological sites directly or allow collateral damage to be inflicted on them.

2. That rigorous care be taken not to target museums, universities, academic libraries, or other buildings housing resources for the study of Iraq's ancient and more recent past. In addition, it has been publicized that our Iraqi colleagues have put themselves at risk in order personally to try to protect these collections. Utmost care should be taken that they come to no harm; Iraq, and the rest of the world, needs these devoted scholars and other personnel for the future.

3. That in the event a site or museum has been damaged, immediate efforts be made to control fires and otherwise consolidate compromised structures. Security details should be mounted immediately to protect the damaged site from looting.

4. That international military, humanitarian, and other personnel posted to Iraq be instructed as to the ethical and legal consequences of removing antiquities from the country. As soon as possible, certainly no later than immediately after the close of the military conflict, security personnel should be trained in the identification of antiquities and stationed in order to halt further removal of cultural heritage materials from Iraq.

Further, we urge the UN and UNESCO to ensure that whatever body oversees post-war Iraq implements the following recommendations immediately after the close of the conflict:

5. That security personnel be posted throughout Iraq at its many archaeological sites and museum storage facilities as soon as possible to halt future thefts. In the aftermath of the previous Gulf War, Iraqi archaeological sites and museum collections suffered from extensive looting, the fruits of which continue to disappear into the international black market for illegally procured antiquities

6. That our Iraqi colleagues be continued in or restored to their positions in museums, archaeological projects, and universities.

7. That the Iraqi Antiquities Authority be offered the assistance of specialists from around the world to work with them (a) to begin restoration and preservation of antiquities that have been damaged or compromised in consequence of the current conflict and from the past 12 years of looting, and (b) to aid in training the next generation of Iraqi scholars to continue this vital work.

8. That whatever body oversees post-war Iraq be ready to offer material assistance to the Iraqi authorities and any concerned international agency prepared to apprehend and prosecute persons responsible for the theft and purchase of Iraqi cultural heritage materials, and to strive for the recovery of those materials and their restoration to the Iraqi people.

Signatories

1. John M. Russell, Massachusetts College of Art, USA
2. Lynn Swartz Dodd, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor and Curator, Archaeological Research Collection, University of Southern California, Co-director: Kenan Tepe Excavations (Upper Tigris Archaeological Research Project), USA
3. Piotr Michalowski, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, USA
4. Steven J. Garfinkle, Assistant Professor of History, Western Washington University, USA
5. D.T. Potts, Edwin Cuthbert Hall Professor of Middle Eastern Archaeology, and Honorary Curator, Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
6. Ann K. Guinan, University of Pennsylvania, USA
7. Dr. Elena Rova, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichità e del Vicino Oriente, Università Ca' Foscari, Venezia, ITALY
8. Mary Frances Wogec, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA
9. Prof. Dr. Pascal Attinger, Institut für Vorderasiatische Archäologie und Altorientalische Sprachen, Bern, SWITZERLAND
10. Hermann Hunger, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna, AUSTRIA
11. Bendt Alster, The Carsten Niebuhr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
12. Drs. Th.J.H. Krispijn, Assistant Professor of Assyriology, TCNO/Assyriologie, Leiden University, THE NETHERLANDS
13. Manuel Molina, Dep. Filologia Biblica y del Antiguo Oriente, Instituto de Filologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, SPAIN
14. Penny Butler
15. Jean-Pierre GREGOIRE, Directeur de recherche emerite, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FRANCE
16. Andrew George, Professor of Babylonian in the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, UK
17. Dr E Robson, All Souls College, Oxford, UK
18. Dr. Michael P. Streck, Institut für Assyriologie und Hethitologie, Universitaet Muenchen, GERMANY
19. Dr. Nili Wazana, Dept. of Bible Studies, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
20. Eric Gubel, Senior Keeper Antiquity Department, Royal Museums of Art & History, Brussels, BELGIUM
21. Hendrik Hameeuw, Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology, Lic. Oosterse Studies: Oude Nabije Oosten, Assyriologie, Leuven, BELGIUM
22. Dr. Daniele Morandi Bonacossi, Dipartimento di Storia e Tutela dei Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Udine, ITALY
23. Wu Yuhong (Professor Wu), Institute for History of Ancient Civilizations, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, CHINA
24. Gwendolyn Leick, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Hugon Road, London, UK
25. Rocao Da Riva, Universitat de Barcelona, SPAIN
26. Dr. Pierre LOMBARD, Director, ARCHÉORIENT (CNRS and University Lumire-Lyon 2), Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, Lyon, FRANCE
27. Claudia E. Suter, Université de Fribourg, SWITZERLAND
28. Graham Cunningham, Researcher, University of Oxford, UK
29. Dr. Hannes D. Galter, Department. of Ancient History, University of Graz, Graz, AUSTRIA
30. Herman L.J. Vanstiphout, Associate Professor of Assyriology, Department of Near Eastern languages and Cultures, Groningen University, THE NETHERLANDS
31. Brahim Abansir, Venice, ITALY
32. Karljürgen Feuerherm, University of Toronto, CANADA
33. Alan Millard, Rankin Professor of Hebrew & Ancient Semitic Languages, The University of Liverpool, UK, Vice-Chairman, the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
34. Eric JEAN, Archaeologist, Associated Researcher at the Institut Francais d'Etudes, Anatoliennes-Georges Dumezil, Istanbul, TURKEY
35. Dr. Stefan R. Hauser, Hermann-Allmers-Str. 25, 28209 Bremen, GERMANY
36. Ronald A. Veenker, PhD [Assyriology], Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA
37. Shlomo Izre'el, Professor of Semitic Linguistics, Department of Hebrew and Semitic Languages, Webb Building #516, Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
38. Ronan James Head, Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
39. J.P. Dessel, Department of History, University of Tennessee, 915 Volunteer Boulevard, 6th Floor Dunford Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
40. Walter Bodine, Yale University, USA
41. Professor Michael B. Dick, Professor of Biblical Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Siena College, Loudonville, NY 12211, USA
42. Peter Dubovsky, Harvard Divinity School, USA
43. Bernard F. Batto, Professor of Religious Studies, DePauw University, 102D Harrison Hall, Greencastle, IN 46135, USA
44. Dr Dominique Collon, Assistant Keeper, Department of the Ancient Near East, British Museum, London UK
45. Stephen A Kaufman, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, USA
46. Shalom E. Holtz, University of Pennsylvania, USA
47. Marc Van De Mieroop, Columbia University, New York, USA
48. Charles Ellwood Jones, Research Associate - Bibliographer, The Oriental Institute - Chicago, University of Chicago, USA
49. Stephennie Mulder, University of Pennsylvania, USA
50. Dr Siam Bhayro & Mrs Lisa Anne Bhayro, Yale University, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, USA
51. Dr St J. Simpson, Assistant Keeper, Department of the Ancient Near East, The British Museum, Great Russell Street, London, UK
52. Lauren Shedletsky, New York University, USA
53. Nancy & Leonard Becker, Co-Founders, Sacred Sites International Foundation, USA
54. Carol F. Justus, Editor, General Linguistics, Linguistics Research Center University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas USA
55. Niek Veldhuis, Assistant Professor of Assyriology, UC Berkeley, Department of Near Eastern Studies, USA
56. Serge CLEUZIOU, Directeur de recherche, CNRS, UMR 7041, Nanterre, FRANCE
57. Judith Lerner, Ph.D., Independent Scholar, New York City, USA
58. Marian Feldman, University of California, Berkeley, USA
59. John F. Robertson, Department of History, Central Michigan University, USA
60. Dr. Seth Richardson, Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Assyriology, MEALAC Dept., Columbia University, USA
61. Dr Frances S. Reynolds, Dept. of the Near & Middle East, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London, UK
62. Dr. Marie-Claude Trémouille, Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente - CNR, Roma, ITALY
63. Dr. Hans Hirsch, Professor emeritus, University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
64. Leigh-Ann Bedal, Lecturer in Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, Erie, USA
65. Heinz Röttger, Düsseldorf, USA
66. Jorge Silva Castillo, Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa, El Colegio de México, MEXICO
67. Allison Karmel Thomason, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Historical Studies, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, USA
68. Katheryn Twiss, University of California, Berkeley, USA
69. Brad Olsen, CCC Publishing
70. Ruth Tringham, Ph.D, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
71. Dr. Barry M. Gittlen, Professor of Biblical and Archaeological Studies, Baltimore Hebrew University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
72. Dr. Tristan Barako, Lecturer, History Department, Salem State College, Salem, MA, USA
73. Pierre de Miroschedji, Director of Research, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Nanterre, FRANCE
74. William J. Morin, New York University, USA
75. Fred Stross, Archaeological Research Facility, U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
76. Michael Patrick O'Connor, Department of Semitic and Egyptian Languages and Literatures, Catholic University of America, Washington DC, USA
77. Benjamin R. Foster, Laffan Professor of Assyriology, Yale University, Curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, USA
78. Katya Miller
79. John Huehnergard, Professor of Semitic Philology, Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
80. Stephanie Dalley, Oriental Institute, Oxford University, UK
81. Jadranka Bekcic, University of Toronto, CANADA
82. Peg Boden, Ph.D., 4G Consulting LLC (Cultural Resources Management)
83. Rebekah Parks, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
84. (Prof.) Ellen Robbins, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
85. Kei Yamamoto, University of Toronto, CANADA
86. Irene J. Winter, Harvard University, USA
87. Franoise AUDOUZE, directrice de recherche CNRS, UMR 7041 (CNRS-Universités de paris I et Paris X), FRANCE
88. HVF Winstone, Biographer of Gertrude Bell, Sir Leonard Woolley, Howard Carter
89. Charlott Hoffmann Jensen, ph.d., Carsten Niebuhr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
90. Francis JOANNES, Department of History, Paris 8 University, Saint Denis, FRANCE
91. Nicole Labarre, CNRS, Maison de l'archéologie et de l'ethnologie, Nanterre, FRANCE
92. Felip Maso Ferrer, Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology, The Egyptian Museum of Barclona, SPAIN
93. Prof. J.N. Postgate, University of Cambridge, UK
94. Dr. Michaela Weszeli, Institut für Orientalistik, Universität Wien, AUSTRIA
95. Inge Fischer, AMNH, New York USA
96. Helen McDonald, British School of Archaeology in Iraq, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, UK
97. Anders Löfberg
98. Dominique LEGOUPIL, Directrice de Recherche, UMR 7041 CNRS, FRANCE
99. Joan Jenkins, South West Environment Centre, Edith Cowan University South West Campus, Sustainablity Group, Bunbury, Western AUSTRALIA
100. Dr. K. R. Veenhof, Professor of Assyriology, Leiden University, The NETHERLANDS
101. Dr Sophie Mery, CNRS, UMR7041, Nanterre, FRANCE
102. Franois Bron, Directeur d'études, Ecole pratique des hauts études (Sciences historiques et philologiques), Paris, FRANCE
103. Tony J. Wilkinson, The Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
104. Dr. Timothy Potts, Director, Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
105. Dr Sandra Bingham, School of History and Classics, University of Edinburgh, UK
106. Julia W. Fabricius, Rotterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
107. Aaron Koller, Bernard Revel Graduate School, Yeshiva University, ISRAEL
108. William F. Collins Ph.D., Professor of Geography and Planning, California State University, Chico CA, USA
109. Franoise BRIQUEL CHATONNET, Directrice de recherches, Laboratoire des Études Sémitiques Anciennes, CNRS - Collge de France, Paris, FRANCE
110. Jason Ur, Dept of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, University of Chicago, USA
111. Maria Simon, Jönköping University, SWEDEN
112. Bernard Hibbitts, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, USA
113. Ronald F. G. Sweet, Professor Emeritus of Assyriology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA
114. Nozomu Kawai, The Johns Hopkins University (USA)/, Waseda University (JAPAN)
115. Dr. Jack Cheng, University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA
116. Lamia al-Gailani Werr, Honorary Research Fellow, Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, UK
117. Christopher Edens, Resident Director, American Institute for Yemeni Studies, Sanaa, REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
118. Anne Sophie Crespin PhD, University of Lyon, Marseilles, FRANCE
119. Agnes Garcia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, SPAIN
120. Gordon D. Young, Dept. of History, Purdue University, USA
121. Omur Harmansah, Graduate Student, Graduate Group in the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania, USA
122. Dr. Erica C.D. HUNTER, Affiliated Lecturer in Aramaic, University of Cambridge, UK
123. Prof.Dr. Claus Wilcke, Altorientalisches Institut, Universität Leipzig, GERMANY
124. Yoshihiro Nishiaki, Ph.D., Professor of Archaeology of Western Asia, Director of the Tell Seker al-Aheimar Project, Hassake, Syria, The University Museum, The University of Tokyo, JAPAN
125. Sabrina Maras, MA, Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology, Department of Near Eastern Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
126. Harriet Crawford (Dr), Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK
127. Candida Felli, University of Pisa, ITALY
128. Ayse Gursan-Salzmann, University of Pennsylvania, USA
129. Heather D. Baker, START-Projekt, Institut für Orientalistik, University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
130. Steve Troester, California State University- Chico, Dept. of Geography, Chico, CA, USA
131. John J. Collins, Yale University, USA
132. Dr. Yorke M. Rowan, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, & Pennsylvania State University, Erie, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC USA
133. Alfonso Archi, Prof. of Oriental Studies, University of Rome - La Sapienza, ITALY
134. Stefania Mazzoni, Prof. of Ancient Near East Archaeology, University of Pisa, ITALY
135. Dr. Samir Abdulac, Directeur de CAUE, Unesco Consultant, Paris, FRANCE
136. Fatma Ismail, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD, USA
137. Gustavo Ramos, SPAIN
138. Laura Ruspira, Degree in Ancient History at Barcelona University, Barcelona, SPAIN
139. Dr Nicola Schreiber, Oxford University, UK
140. Vincent Charpentier, Radio France/ Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives (Inrap), Paris, FRANCE.
141. Arlette ROOBAERT, University of Lige (BELGIUM), Tell Ahmar Archaeological Expedition
142. Guy BUNNENS, University of Lige (BELGIUM), Tell Ahmar Archaeological Expedition
143. Cristina Muñoz Pagliery, Denbolan Sevilla, SPAIN
144. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Röllig, Altorientalisches Seminar der Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, GERMANY
145. Esteban España
146. Dr. Gul Pulhan, Istanbul Bilgi University, Department of History, TURKEY
147. Alejandro Para, Barcelona (Catalunya), Estudiante de Historia, Universidad Nacional de Educaciõn a Distancia (UNED), SPAIN
148. Dr. Adel H. Yahya - Archaeologist, Director of the Palestinian Association for Cultural Exchange, Ramallah - PALESTINE
149. Elsie Eubanks, Archaeologist, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site,, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
150. Shin-ichi Nishimoto, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Waseda University, Tokyo, JAPAN
151. Marco Bonechi, Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente - CNR, Roma ITALY
152. Morag Kersel, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK
153. Maria Asunción Huertas Izquierdo, TOLEDO SPAIN
154. Linda McElroy, Benicia, California, UK
155. Marcelo Rede, Professor of Ancient History, Federal University - Rio de Janeiro - BRAZIL
156. John S. Holladay, Jr., Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto (Near & Middle Eastern, Civilizations), CANADA
157. David Stronach, University of California at Berkeley, USA
158. Gustavo Camacho Vélez, SPAIN
159. Dr Jaimie Lovell, Australian Research Council Fellow, Archaeology,, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
160. Luis Mari Arce, Ph. student. Department of Geography, Prehistory and Archaelogy, University of Basque Country (UPV-EHU), SPAIN
161. Eric COQUEUGNIOT, Maison de l'Orient et de la Mediterranee - Jean Pouilloux, CNRS/Universite Lyon 2, LYON, FRANCE
162. Nadine Meouchy, Historian, GREMMO (CNRS), Lyon, FRANCE
163. Laurence Mellerin, CNRS, Lyon FRANCE
164. Sylvie Muller-Celka, Chargee de recherche au CNRS, FRE Archeorient, Maison de l'Orient mediterraneen, Lyon, FRANCE
165. Jacqueline Gachet, Maison de l'Orient et de la Mediterranee Jean Pouilloux, Lyon FRANCE
166. FALQUE Jean-Michel, former-student in Archaeology, LYON, FRANCE
167. Dr Jeremy Black, University Lecturer in Akkadian, Oxford University, UK
168. Jens Hoyrup, Section for Philosophy and Science Studies, Roskilde University, DENMARK
169. Pierrick MELLERIN, TEAMLOG, Lyon, FRANCE
170. Marie-Odile Rousset, Researcher in Islamic Archaeology, Maison de l'Orient et de la Mediterranee, Lyon, FRANCE
171. Prof. Dr. Paolo Matthiae, Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Rome "La Sapienza", ITALY
172. Dr. Dietz Otto Edzard, Professor Emeritus, Institut für Assyriologie und Hethitologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, GERMANY
173. Dr. Gabriella Frantz-Szabo, Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie, Redaktion, Institut für Assyriologie und Hethitologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, GERMANY
174. Dr. Eleanor Guralnick
175. Dr. Macguire Gibson, Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology, The Oriental Institute of the, University of Chicago, USA
176. Francis Deblauwe, Ph.D., USA
177. Marcy Prchal, University of Glasgow, UK
178. Alexis Boutin, PhD Candidate, University of Pennsylvania, USA
179. Robert Schon, Ph.D., Fellow in the Humanities, Stanford University, USA
180. Dr. Peter van Dommelen, Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Scotland UK
181. Riadh Alkhalisi. Dip.Arch.Dip.UD.RIBA, Southall, Middlesex UK
182. Zainab Bahrani, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, USA
183. Whitney M. Hopkins, Stanford University, USA
184. Elsa Lambert
185. Dr. Gaetano Palumbo, Director of Archaeological Conservation, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, The World Monuments Fund, Paris FRANCE, Honorary Lecturer, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK
186. Frances Pinnock, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology in the University of Parma, ITALY
187. Dr. Jaqueline S. du Toit, University of South Africa, SOUTH AFRICA
188. Daniel Langhammer, Archaeologist, Författarcentrum Öst, SWEDEN
189. Pierre Leriche, Director of Researches, National Center of Scientific Researches, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris FRANCE
190. Dr Raija Mattila, State Archives of Assyria Project, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
191. Professor Dr. Felix Blocher, Institut fuer Orientalische Archaeologie und Kunst, Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, GERMANY
192. Prof.Dr. Gunnar Brands, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institut für Orientalische Archäologie und Kunst, Halle/Saale, GERMANY
193. Anna-Katharina Rieger, Institut für Orientalische Archäologie und Kunst, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle - Wittenberg, Halle, GERMANY
194. Jerry Cooper, The Johns Hopkins University, USA
195. Alison Kurth, University of Glasgow, UK
196. Dirk Van Eenhooge, Archaeologist, Department of Monuments and Sites, Flandres, BELGIUM
197. John Syme Duncan BSc MSc FSA Scot, Project Officer (Geoarchaeology/Soil Science), Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division, University of Glasgow, UK
198. Elizabeth Heed McLane, Ms.Arch., RIBA, President, French Delegation, International Society of Site and Regional Planners, Formerly Consultant to the Architectural and Planning Partnership of Horsham, West Sussex, for the conservation and restoration of the, quarters surrounding the mosques of al-Gaylani and al-Khademeyah, Baghdad and the establishment of conservation areas, Mosul
199. Paul Larsen M.A., Pissotte, FRANCE
200. Juan Oliva, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, SPAIN
201. Professor A. Bernard Knapp, Department of Archaeology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ Scotland, UK
202. Dr. Eckart Frahm, Assistant Professor of Assyriology, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University, USA
203. Dr. Kathryn E. Slanski, Kohut Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Babylonian Collection, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University, USA
204. Prof. Victor Avigdor Hurowitz, Dept. of Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, ISRAEL
205. Ulla Kasten, Asst. Curator, Yale Babylonian Collection, USA
206. Wilfred H. von Soldt, Leiden University, THE NETHERLANDS
207. Susanne Wilhelm M.A., Archaeoplan Consulting & Cartography, Atlanta, Ga, USA
208. Knud W. Skov, M. teol., Deputy chairman for the Danish Society of Biblical Archaeology, DENMARK
209. Lindsay Allen, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK
210. Catherine Mardikes, Bibliographer for Classics and the Ancient Near East, University of Chicago Library, USA
211. Annalisa Azzoni, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, USA
212. Dr. Marina Ciaraldi, University of Brimingham Field Archaeology Unit, UK
213. Roland Enmarch, Worcester College, University of Oxford, UK
214. Dr. Marc Vander Linden, Université Libre de Bruxelles - Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique
215. Francisco Caramelo, New University of Lisbon PORTUGAL
216. Mufide Pekin, Foundation For Lausanne Treaty Emigrants
217. Harriet Martin, Birmingham, UK
218. Wolfgang Pietsch, Institute for Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
219. Dr Pamela Watson, Adjunct Senior Lecturer/Co-ordinator, Heritage Futures Research Centre, C/-School of Human and Environmental Studies, University of New England, Armidale, AUSTRALIA
220. Colin A. Hope (Dr), Director, Centre for Archaeology & Ancient History, Monash University, AUSTRALIA
221. Walter E. Rast, Senior Research Professor, Valparaiso, Indiana USA
222. Samuel M. Paley, Dept. of Classics, The University at Buffalo, NY, USA
223. Mandy Mottram, Ph.D candidate, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University, AUSTRALIA
224. Cherie McCown, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama, JAPAN
225. Dr. Clemens Reichel, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, USA
226. Dr. Samir Abdulac, Conseil d'Architecture d'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement
227. Riva Joffe, The Institute of Archaelogy, University College London, UK
228. Ellen Belcher, Instructor, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
229. Tim Undheim, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, USA
230. Emily Gunzburger, History of Architecture & Urbanism, Cornell University USA
231. Kathlyn M. Cooney, PhD, visiting scholar, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles USA
232. Ayse Ozdemir, Archaeologist, Istanbul TURKEY
233. Gertrud Farber, The Oriental Institute, Chicago, USA
234. Lia Ricalde
235. Mark B. Garrison, Professor, Department of Art and Art History, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX USA
236. Stephen P. Harvey, Assistant Professor, Egyptian Art and Archaeology, The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago USA
237. Daniel Mathews, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima PERU
238. Martina Morello, Ca Foscari University of Venice ITALY
239. Fusun Tulek, Art and Architectural Historian, UIUC
240. Elizabeth C. Stone, Professor, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York USA
241. Natalie Schenker, Dept. of Anthropology, UC-San Diego USA
242. Adolfo A. Muniz, University of California, San Diego, USA
243. Alison Taylor, Institute of Field Archaeologists, The University of Reading, UK
244. Axel Mykleby, President of ICOMOS Norway, Member of ICOMOS International Executive Commitee (International Council on Monuments and Sites) NORWAY
245. Richard T. Arndt, president, Americans for UNESCO
246. Dr. Ezra Marcus, Departments of Archaeology and Maritime Civilization, University of Haifa, ISRAEL
247. Raphael Greenberg, Ph.D., Dept. of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University ISRAEL
248. Magnus Widell, Research Associate, The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago USA
249. Debora Donato, Director of Development, The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago USA
250. Chiara Dezzi Bardeschi, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes IV, Paris - FRANCE
251. Michael Jursa, Inst. fuer Orientalistik, Univ. of Vienna, AUSTRIA
252. Nico Van Blerk, Treasurer of the Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Society (Pretoria), Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
253. Iain Davidson, Professor of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, School of Human and Environmental Studies, and Heritage Futures Research Centre, U. of New England, Armidale AUSTRALIA
254. Theo P.J. van den Hout, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
255. Aline Lambert
256. Laura Steele, PhD Student in Ancient History and Mediterranean Archaeology, University of California, Berkeley USA
257. Fiona Baker, Firat Archaeological Services, Argyll, SCOTLAND, UK
258. Jessica Kaiser, Osteoarchaeologist, SWEDEN
259. Lauren Bruning, Freelance Archaeologist, HOLLAND
260. Paul Sharman, Freelance Archaeologist, SCOTLAND, UK
261. David Swan, Glasgow University Archaeological Research Division, SCOTLAND, UK
262. Lisa L. Spangenberg, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) USA
263. Dr. Jennie Ebeling, Department of Archaeology and Art History, University of Evansville, Evansville, IN USA
264. Kenneth J. Fleurant, Professor of Humanistic Studies, University of Wisconsin--Green Bay, USA
265. Peggy L. Curchack, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
266. Nansi Rosenberg, Senior Archaeological Consultant, EC Harris, LEEDS, UK
267. Harold O. Forshey, Department of Comparative Religion, Miami University,, Oxford, Ohio USA
268. Jay C. Treat, Arts & Sciences Computing, University of Pennsylvania, USA
269. Stephen Cook, British Museum Friend, Borehamwood, Herts, UK
270. Nancy H. Ramage, Dana Professor of Humanities and Arts, Ithaca College, USA
271. David Connolly, Managing Director, Addyman Associates Ltd, Scotland UK
272. David W. McCreery, Professor, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon USA -- Chair of ASOR's Committee on Archaeological Policy
273. Dr John Carman, Affiliated Lecturer, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK
274. Jennie Myers, The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago, USA
275. Susan B. Matheson, Curator of Ancient Art, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, USA
276. Gabor Kalla, assistant prof., Institute of Archaeological Sciences, University Budapest, Budapest, HUNGARY
277. Ely Levine, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, USA
278. Paul L. Scham, Truman Institute for Peace of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ISRAEL, George Washington University, USA
279. Lucio Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichitˆ e del Vicino Oriente, Venezia, ITALY
280. Maria Soledad Milán Quiñones de León, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, SPAIN
281. Carole Gillis, Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Lund, Lund, SWEDEN
282. Joe Breman, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, CA USA
283. Alice A. Petty, Department of Near Eastern Studies, The University of California, Berkeley USA
284. Professor Judith Lynn Sebesta, Chair, Department of History, U of South Dakota, Vermillion SD USA
285. Suzanne Baker, MA, Archaeological/Historical Consultants, Oakland, California USA
286. Professor, Kenneth Surin, Literature Program, Duke University, Durham NC, USA
287. Dra. Katrien DE GRAEF, Dept. Languages and Cultures of the Near East and North-Africa / Assyriology, University of Ghent, BELGIUM
288. Karl-James Langford, Director for Archaeology Cymru, Wales UK
289. Nancy Lapp, Curator Emerita, Bible Lands Museum, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
290. Dr. Maya Vassileva, Fellow at the Ancient Near Eastern Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
291. Kerry H. Wynn, Religious Studies, Southeast Missouri State University, USA
292. Noreen Doyle, Independent Scholar
293. Miriam Chernoff, Northeastern U., Boston, MA, USA
294. Michael G. Hasel, Director, Institute of Archaeology, Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology, Southern Adventist University, USA
295. Ernest S. Frerichs, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies and Judaic Studies, Brown University, USA
296. Dr. Robert A. Mullins, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles USA
297. Norma Dever, Member of Staff of Harvard Semitics Museum Excavation to Ashkelon, Israel. USA
298. Fred L. Horton, J. T. Albritton Professor of Religion, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC USA
299. Douglas R. Clark, Walla Walla College, Washington State, USA (co-director Madaba Plains Project in Jordan)
300. Dr. Ryan Byrne, Department of Ancient Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA
301. William J. Fulco, S.J., National Endowment for the Humanities Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, USA
302. Name: Hanan Charaf, University of Paris I, FRANCE.
303. Dr. Joachim Bretschneider, Dept. Eastern Studies, Katholieke, Universiteit, Leuven, BELGIUM
304. Greta Jans, Dept. Eastern Studies, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, BELGIUM
305. Dagfinn Rian, Associate professor, Department of Religious Studies, The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, NORWAY
306. Dr. Sabine Ladstätter, Institut für Kulturgeschichte der Antike, Österr. Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien AUSTRIA
307. Prof. Mag. Dr. Michael H. Zach, Department of African Studies, University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
308. Edith Specht, Department of Numismatics, Vienna University, AUSTRIA
309. Aileen Ajootian, Department of Classics, University of Mississippi, USA
310. Karin Kopetzky, SCIEM2000, Austrian Academy of Siences, Vienna, AUSTRIA
311. Beverlee Bruce, PhD, Program Director, Social Science Research Council, New York, USA
312. Dr. Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, Professor and Director, German Archaeological Institute in Athens, GREECE
313. Leslie Pasternack, Theatre History, Northeastern University, USA
314. Mary M. Voigt, College of William and Mary, USA
315. Caroline T. Schroeder, Ph.D., Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Department of History, Ithaca College, Society for the Humanities, Cornell University, USA
316. Jeffrey H. Tigay, Ellis Professor of Hebrew & Semitic Languages & Literatures, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA, USA
317. Deborah Appler, Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Moravian Theological Seminary, Bethlehem, PA, USA
318. E. Tselikis, Greater Portland Alliance of Colleges & Universities, USA
319. Dr. Deborah Sinnreich-Levi, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
320. Dr Claire Calcagno (Oxford DPhil 1998), Maritime archaeologist, Mediterranean region, M.I.T. Visiting Scholar - Science, Technology & Society Program, USA
321. Dr. Seymour Gitin, Director of the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
322. Lydie T. Shufro, Trustee W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, USA
323. John McRay, Emeritius Professor of New Testament and Archaeology, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, USA
324. Steve Tinney, University of Pennsylvania, USA
325. Ilda Mara, Courrier International, Journalist, FRANCE
326. Robert W. Cape, Jr., Associate Professor of Classics, Chair, Classical and Modern Languages, Austin College, USA
327. Christopher M. Monroe, Ph.D. (2000 University of Michigan), Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, USA
328. Douglas R. McGaughey, Department of Religious Studies, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon, USA
329. Christina A. Joseph, Ph.D., Chairperson, Institutional Review Board, Boyd Graduate Studies Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia USA
330. Dr. Marta Luciani, Vice-Director of the Italian Archaeological Mission at Tell Mishrifeh/Qatna, Department of Cultural Heritage, University of Udine, ITALY
331. Sharon Heckel, Managing Editor, Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association, Louisville, Kentucky, USA
332. Prof.Dr. Marion Meyer, Institut für Klassische Archaeologie, Wien, AUSTRIA
333. Graeme Cavers, PhD Research Postgraduate, Dept of Archaeology, University of Nottingham, UK
334. Timothy P. Harrison, Associate Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology, Department of Near and M.E. Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
335. Robert Dannin, PhD Anthropology & Ethnolinguistics, Professor of, Metropolitan Studies, New York University, USA
336. Bojana Jankovic, Institut fuer Orientalistik, Univ. of Vienna, AUSTRIA
337. Paul Cripps, GIS Specialist, English Heritage Centre for Archaeology, Portsmouth, UK
338. Astrida R. Blukis Onat, PhD, BOAS, Inc. Seattle, WA, USA
339. Michael O. Sugerman, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA
340. Filippo M. Carinci, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, ITALY
341. Tim Mauldin, Ph.D., Life Member, Oklahoma Historical Society, USA
342. Keith DeVries, University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, USA
343. James A. Armstrong, Semitic Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
344. Dr William G. Cavanagh, Department of Archaeology, University of Nottingham, UK, , Xijuan Zhou, Willamette University, USA
345. S. Tamar Kamionkowski, Associate Professor of Biblical Civilization, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, USA
346. Donald H. Sanders, Ph.D., President, Learning Sites, Inc., USA
347. Glauco Sanga, Professore di Etnolinguistica e di Etnologia, Dipartimento di Studi Storici, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, Venezia, ITALY
348. Ross Scaife, University of Kentucky, USA
349. Dr. Jennifer Moody, Department of Classics, University of Texas at Austin, USA, and Perivolia, Chania, Crete, GREECE
350. Jacki Morton, MA Student in Museum Studies, John F. Kennedy University, Orinda, CA USA
351. Sharon Herbert, Director Kelsey Museum, University of Michigan, USA
352. Dr. Joan Aruz, Curator in Charge, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
353. Dr. Aren M. Maeir, The Institute of Archaeology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan ISRAEL
354. Mourad Dakhli, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
355. Wendy S. Raver, New School University, and Hunter College Program in Religion, City University of New York, USA
356. Gianna Capecci, Collections Manager, Charles M. Schulz Museum, Adjunct Professor, John F. Kennedy University Department of Museum, Studies, USA
357. Margriet J. Haagsma, Department of History & Classics, University of, Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA
358. Phillippa Wray, MA Archaeology Student, University of Reading, UK
359. Andrea M. Berlin, Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Archaeology, Associate Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Co-Director, University of Michigan/University of Minnesota, Excavations at Tel Kedesh, USA
360. Marjorie Schwarzer, chair, Dept. of Museum Studies, John F. Kennedy University, California, USA.
361. Mitchell Schwarzer, Professor of Architectural History, California College of Arts and Crafts, USA
362. Anne P. Chapin, Assistant Professor of Art History, Art Department, Brevard College, Brevard, NC USA
363. John G. Younger, professor, Department of Classics, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
364. Orit Darwish, History of Art Department, University of Pennsylvania, USA
365. Maresa Kirk, Willamette University, Salem, Oregon USA
366. Burton MacDonald, Ph.D., Department of Religious Studies, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, CANADA
367. Oddone Longo, ITALY
368. Heikki Ponsi, antique storekeeper, FINLAND
369. Daniel C. Snell, Ph.D., L. J. Semrod Presidential Professor of History, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma USA
370. G. Kenneth Sams, Professor of Classical Archaeology
371. Ruth Scodel, Department of Classical Studies, University of Michigan, USA
372. Gina M. Soter, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
373. Matthias Strecker, Secretary/Editor, Bolivian Rock Art Research Society (SIARB), La Paz, BOLIVIA
374. Kenneth J. Bohac, Assistant Curator, Department of Egyptian & Ancient Near Eastern Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA
375. Heather Farquhar, John F Kennedy University in California
376. Elisabetta Silvestrini, Museo Nazionale delle Arti e Tradizioni Popolari di Roma, ITALY
377. Pauline Albenda, independent art historian, Brooklyn, NY, USA
378. Harvey Weiss, Professor, Yale University, USA
379. David Godfrey, Natural History Museum, London, UK
380. Thelma K. Thomas, Associate Professor, Department of History of Art, Associate Curator, Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
381. Brandon Foster, Department of Art History, Emory University, Atlanta GA USA
382. Spencer Tasker
383. Dr. Itzchak Weismann, History of the Middle East Dept., University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, Haifa, ISRAEL
384. Elias Kupfermann - Dept of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK
385. Luis Jaime Castillo Butters, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, PERU
386. Elena Bender, Graduate Student, Department of Art History, Arizona State University, USA
387. Albert Pietersma, Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
388. James N. Wood, Director and President of The Art Institute of Chicago, USA
389. Richard Janko, Professor of Classical Studies and Chair, University of Michigan, USA
390. Steve Dampf, Archaeologist, King County Department of Transportation, Seattle, USA
391. Kathy Peiss, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania, USA
392. Nancy P. Sevcenko, Vice-President, Comité International des Etudes Byzantines, FRANCE
393. Serenella Baggio, ITALY
394. Elias Kupfermann, Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK
395. Micheline Galley, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FRANCE
396. Magali Sarfatti Larson, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
397. Steve Reece, Associate Professor of Classics, Department of Classics, Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA
398. Dr. Laura Flusche, Department of Art, University of Dallas, Constantin Campus, Rome, ITALY
399. Lauren Ristvet, King's College, University of Cambridge, UK
400. Donald B. Redford, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA
401. Susan Redford, Department of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA
402. Armando Petrucci, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, ITALY
403. Laurie E. Pearce, University of California, Berkeley, USA
404. Carol Redmount, Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, USA
405. Andrew Grilz, Assistant Curator of Collections, Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
406. Matthew W. Stolper, Professor of Assyriology and Chairman, Committee on the Ancient Mediterranean World, University of Chicago, USA
407. George W. Houston, Professor of Classics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
408. Eric Hostetter, Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
409. Andrew Ramage, Professor History of Art and Archaeology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA
410. Jordana Mendelson, Art History Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA
411. Edward M. Cook, M. Div., Ph.D., Cincinnati, USA
412. Dr. Grant Frame, Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
413. Elizabeth Hind, Science Communication Unit, Dept of Physics, University of Liverpool, UK
414. Mina Thompson, Conservation Department, Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe, USA
415. Dr. John R. Huddlestun, Associate Professor, Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, College of Charleston, USA
416. Edward M. Luby, Acting Director, Museum Studies Program, San Francisco State University, USA
417. Christine Zitrides Hamza, Acting Instructor of Art History, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, USA
418. Abraham Winitzer, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, HarvardUniversity, USA
419. Lise Macdonald, Art historian, Paris, FRANCE
420. Louise I. Stiver, Curator, Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe, USA
421. Dr. Andrew E. Hershberger, Division of Art History, Bowling Green State University, OH, USA
422. Kimball M. Banks, USA
423. Alan Shapiro, The Johns Hopkins University, USA
424. Dr. Christopher Moss, Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University, USA
425. Professor John K. Davies, Rathbone Professor of Ancient History and Classical Archaeology, University of Liverpool, UK
426. Andrew Sherratt, Professor, University of Oxford, UK
427. Dr Jennifer Coolidge, Ashmolean Museum and Research Laboratory for Archaeology, University of Oxford, UK
428. Paul Ray, Institute of Archaeology, Andrews University, USA
429. Nicole Revel, Directeur de Recherché Langues-Musiques-Societes, Centre André-Georges Haudricourt, FRANCE
430. Philip L. Kohl, Professor of Anthropology, Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies, Wellesley College, USA
431. Robin Maggs, National Museum and Galleries of Wales, UK
432. William A.P. Childs, Princeton University, USA
433. Susan Brown, School of English and Theatre Studies, University ofGuelph, CANADA
434. Thomas Drew-Bear, Directeur de Recherche, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, FRANCE
435. Graham Stapleton, Historic House Manager, UK
436. Jonathan P. Kerr, Principal Investigator, Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., Kentucky, USA
437. John E. Coleman, Professor of Classics, Cornell University, USA
438. Christopher Tuplin, Department of Classics & Ancient History, University of Liverpool, UK
439. Lidia Beduschi, Professore a Contratto Etnoscienza, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, ITALY
440. Dr Alan M. Greaves, Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Liverpool, UK
441. Dr. Marta Guzowska, Institute of Archaeology, Warsaw University, POLAND
442. Dr. Assaf Yasur-Landau, Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
443. Jane Woods, Administrator, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK
444. Dr. Ann-Marie Knoblauch, Department of Art and Art History, Virginia Tech, USA
445. Prof. M. Grazia Nico, Dipartimento di Scienze storiche, Univ. di Perugia, ITALY
446. Dr. Flemming Hojlund, Moesgaard Museum, Hojbjerg, DENMARK
447. Professor Martin Jones, George Pitt-Rivers Professor of Archaeological Science, University of Cambridge, UK
448. Arnulf Hausleiter, University of Copenhagen, The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies, DENMARK
449. Gilbert Wiplinger, Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Vienna, AUSTRIA
450. Giordana Trovabene, Prof. associato di Storia dell'arte medievale dell'Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, ITALY
451. Daniel Grunberg, University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
452. Eleanor Coghill, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, UK
453. Wendy Monkhouse, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK
454. Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, Department of Ancient Near East, National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, THE NETHERLANDS
455. Fritz Blakolmer, Institute of Classical Archaeology, Vienna, AUSTRIA
456. Esther Wheeler, Institute of Archaeology, University College, London, UK
457. Pitter Ferrio, Plant Physiologist, PhD student on Near-East Palaeoenvironment, Universitat de Lleida, SPAIN
458. Dr Chris Scarre, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge, UK
459. Dr. Mohammad Najjar, Director of Excavations, Department of Antiquities, Amman, JORDAN
460. Augusta McMahon, Faculty of Oriental Studies and Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge, UK
461. Aoife Lyons, National Gallery of Ireland, IRELAND
462. Miroslav Salvini, Director of the Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Roma, ITALY
463. Anke Cross, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
464. Fiona Casey, Museum Assistant, Ulster American Folk Park, UK
465. Lisa Newble, The Whipple Museum, University of Cambridge, UK
466. Dr. Regine Pruszinszky, SCIEM 2000, Institut fuer Orientalsitik, Universitaet Wien, AUSTRIA
467. Francesco Bossa, Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche, Università La Sapienza, Roma, ITALY
468. Dr. Christian Gugl, Institut fuer Kulturgeschichte der Antike,
469. Oesterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, AUSTRIA
470. Dr John Bennet, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University, UK
471. Elizabeth R. Macaulay, St. John's College, University of Oxford, UK
472. Nicoletta Karam, Department of History, Brandeis University,Waltham, MA, USA
473. Dr. Floyd W. McCoy, Assoc. Prof. in Geology and Oceanography, University of Hawaii, USA
474. Lisa Berni, Cà Foscari University, Venice, ITALY
475. Yoram Cohen, Dept. of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies, Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
476. Douwtje van der Meulen, Lecturer in Archaeological Conservation, University of Oslo, NORWAY
477. Dr. Martin Seyer, Institut für Klassische Archäologie, Wien, AUSTRIA
478. Laure Salloum, Research Assistant At American University of Beirut Museum, LEBANON
479. Prof. Gerhard Hauck, Department of Drama and Speech Communication, University of Waterloo, CANADA
480. Danielle Schaub, English Department, Oranim College, ISRAEL
481. Samuel J. Wajc, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BELGIUM
482. Shoshannah Brombacher Ph.D., New York, USA
483. Magali Sarfatti Larson, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
484. Angela R. Buer, USA
485. Andrew S Douglas, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, USA
486. William M. Murray, Department of History, Univ. of South Florida, USA
487. Jon L. Seydl, Assistant Curator, Paintings, J. Paul Getty Museum, USA
488. Joan Stanley-Baker MLitt Dphil, Professor, Institute of Art History and Art Criticism, Tainan National College of the Arts, TAIWAN
489. Peter J. M. Pallesen, M.Ed., M.Sc., M.A., CANADA
490. Manuela F. Lloyd, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago, USA
491. Nancy H. Broeder, Expedition to the Dead Sea Plain, JORDAN
492. Dr. Amin Malak, Department of English, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
493. Dr. Nancy Serwint, Associate Professor of Art, Arizona State University, USA
494. David Meadows, Explorator Editor and Independent Scholar
495. Sahnny Johnson, Willamette University, USA
496. Catherine Lyon, Interdepartmental Program in Classical Art and Archaeology, University of Michigan, USA
497. Angela Trevisin, Università degli Studi di Venezia Ca' Foscari, ITALY
498. Adrienne McGraw, JFKU Museum Studies, USA
499. Henry Chambers, Professor of History, California State University, Sacramento, USA
500. Simeon Dreyfuss, Director Liberal Arts Core, Marylhurst University, USA
501. Danielle Collins, USA
502. Beverly Robertson, Renfro Library, Mars Hill College, North Carolina, USA
503. Jane H. Fu, USA
504. Lucia Vagnetti, Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà dell'Egeo e del Vicino Oriente, CNR, Roma, ITALY
505. Gillian Bosonetto, Mars Hill College, USA
506. Dr. Frederick William Zackel, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, USA
507. Luís Raposo, Director of the National Museum of Archaeology, Lisbon, PORTUGAL
508. Michael A. Leeds, Department of Economics Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
509. Elizabeth Strasser, Chair, Department of Anthropology, California State University, Sacramento, USA
510. Matthew T. Rutz, Dept. of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies, University of Pennsylvania, USA
511. Dr. Per F. Broman, Butler University, Indianapolis, USA
512. Giovanna Palandri, ITALY
513. Marta Maddalon, University of Calabria, ITALY
514. John Trumper, University of Calabria, ITALY
515. Prof. Dr. Arma_an ERKANAL, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
516. Prof. Dr. Hayat ERKANAL, Ankara University, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
517. Prof. Dr. Engin ÖZGEN, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
518. Dr. Sevinç GÜNEL, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
519. Dr. A. Tuba ÖKSE, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
520. Dr. Halime HÜRYILMAZ, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
521. Dr. Halil TEK_N, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
522. Dr. Nazl_ ÇINARDALI-KARAASLAN, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
523. Dr. Bora UYSAL, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
524. Dr. Derya YALÇIKLI, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
525. Dr. F. Ay_e KARADUMAN, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
526. Dr. Hatçe BALTACIOGLU, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
527. Aras. Gör. Ayçegül AYKURT, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
528. Aras. Gör. Atilla ENGIN, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
529. Aras. Gör. Kadir BÖYÜKULUSOY, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
530. Aras. Gör. Neyir KOLANKAYA, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
531. Aras. Gör. Riza TUNCEL, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
532. Aras. Gör. Aysel BAYNAL-ELTAYEB, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
533. Aras. Gör. Bahattin ÇELiK, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
534. Aras. Gör. Özlem ERDEM-DAG, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
535. Aras. Gör.Ulas DENIZ, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
536. Aras. Gör. I. Tuba ÖNEN, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Archaeology Department, TURKEY
537. Brent Myotte, University of California, San Diego, USA
538. Kamal ElSheshai, Professor Emeritus, Georgia State University, USA
539. Rachel Hallote, Department of History, Purchase College, SUNY, USA
540. Barry M. Gittlen, Ph.D., Professor of Biblical and Archaeological Studies, Baltimore Hebrew University, USA
541. Jessica Siskind, USA
542. Kim Plofker, Department of the History of Mathematics, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
543. Dra. Maria Isabel Martínez Navarrete, Depto. de Prehistoria, Instituto de Historia, C.S.I.C., Madrid, SPAIN
544. Christoph Kortenbusch, GERMANY
545. Paul-Eugène Dion, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
546. Dr. Leslie Quintero, Research Director, Lithic Technology Laboratory, Department of Anthropology, University of California, USA
547. Dr. Philip Wilke, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, USA
548. Lander Vander Linden, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BELGIUM
549. Marc Haendel, Technician for Archaeology, Lemgow, GERMANY
550. Kirsten Anderson, M.Phil, USA
551. Mona Sarrai, New York, USA
552. Prof. Carol A. Newsom, Graduate Division of Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
553. Dr. Christine Kondoleon, Curator of Greek and Roman Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
554. Dr. Steven Hijmans, Dept. of History and Classics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA
555. Samira Allani, MA, Dept. English Studies, Institut Supérieur des Langues, University of Carthage, TUNISIA
556. Dr. John J. Pilch, Georgetown University, Washington, USA
557. Jens Hanssen, Assist. Professor of Middle East History, University of Toronto, CANADA
558. Prof. Dr. Gianfranco Maddoli, University of Perugia, Minister of Culture, District Umbria, ITALY
559. Mona Baker, UMIST, UK
560. Pritpal Singh Bindra, Researcher in Sikh Studies, CANADA
561. Sattar Izwaini, Department of Language and Linguistics, UMIST, UK
562. Mohamad Tavakoli-Targhi, Associate Professor, Department of History, Illinois State University, USA
563. Dina Ghaly, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, CANADA
564. Amihai Mazar, The Institute of Archaeology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL
565. Dr Ingrid Hehmeyer, Near Eastern and Asian Civilizations Department, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, CANADA
566. Dr. P. M. Michèle Daviau, Professor, Archaeology and Classical Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, CANADA
567. Amir Hassanpour, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, USA
568. Colin Mitchell, Dept. of History, Dalhousie University, Halifax, CANADA
569. Francesco Prontera, Perugia University, ITALY
570. Adeeb Khalid, Dept. of History, Carleton College, USA
571. Nassef Girgis, MDiv, MA, Asst. Prof. of Religious Studies, Marymount College, California, USA
572. Shyamal Bagchee, PhD, FRSA, Professor of English & Adjunct Professor of Comparative Studies, University of Alberta, CANADA
573. Dr. Haifaa Jawad, Senior lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islam Studies, Department of Theology, University of Birmingham, UK
574. Magid Shihade, University of Washington, USA
575. Dr. Zeina Schlenoff, Associate Director of Middle East Center, Florida State University, USA
576. Hilary Gopnik, Franklin and Marshall College, USA
577. Professor Samuel Rubenson, Centre for theology and religious studies, Lund, SWEDEN
578. Dr. Muna Hamdi, Senior researcher, Digital Imaging Research Centre, School of Computing & Information Systems, Kingston University, UK
579. Pervaiz Salahuddin, Toronto, CANADA
580. Munir Pervaiz, Writers Forum, CANADA
581. Emma Davies, Liverpool University, UK
582. Toby Hartnell, PhD Student, Mesopotamian Archaeology, University of Chicago, USA
583. Douglas R. Frayne, Associate Professor, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, USA
584. Gerd Marie Adna, Research Fellow, Department of the History of Religions, University of Bergen, NORWAY
585. Linda Northrup, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
586. Prof. Ann M. Lesch, Political Science, Villanova University, USA
587. Askold Ivantchik, Ausonius: Institut de Recherche sur l'Antiquité et le Moyen-Age, Maison de l'Archéologie, Université de Bordeaux, FRANCE
588. Pertti Multanen, PhD, MSocSc, Docent in the History of International Relations, Institute of Development Studies, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
589. Catherine Duff, Dept. of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
590. Dr. Marta Simidchieva, Contract Faculty, Division of Humanities, York University, Toronto, CANADA
591. Robert Goldman, University of California at Berkeley, USA
592. Yaseen Noorani, Lecturer in Arabic Literature, University of Edinburgh, UK
593. Shahzad Bashir, Department of Religion, Carleton College, USA
594. Dr. Sandra A. Scham, University of Maryland, USA
595. Adeel Ahmad Siddiqi, Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, CANADA
596. Oded Borowski, Director, Program in Mediterranean Archaeology, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
597. Peter van Minnen, Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of Cincinnati, USA
598. Darakhshan Siddiqi, Honorary Life Member, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, CANADA
599. Gojko Barjamovic, The Carsten Niebuhr Institute, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK
600. Charles Melville, Reader in Persian History, Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, UK
601. Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak, Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Washington, USA
602. Teresa Garulo, Departamento de Estudios Árabes e Islámicos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, SPAIN
603. Sholeh A. Quinn, Department of History, Ohio University, USA
604. Stephen N. Lambden, Department of History, Ohio University, USA
605. Rafi Raza, Mississauga, CANADA
606. Giovanni Dore, Dipartimento di Studi Storici, Università di Venezia Ca' Foscari, ITALY
607. Jeannie Sowers, Visiting Instructor in Middle East Politics, Department of Political Science, University of Iowa, USA
608. Magid Shihade, University of Washington, USA
609. Chandrima Chakraborty, York University, Toronto, CANADA
610. Dr. Manfred Goerg, Professor of Old Testament Studies, President of the Friends of Abraham Society, Munich, GERMANY
611. Dr. Stefan Jakob Wimmer, University of Munich, Vice-president of the Friends of Abraham Society, Munich, GERMANY
612. Stephan ProchÁzka, Assoc. Prof., Institute for Oriental Studies, University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
613. Stefano Gasparri, Dipartimento di Studi Storici, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, ITALY
614. Vahram H. Ter-Matevosyan, Graduate student, Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Bergen University, NORWAY
615. Professor Stella Sandahl, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto, CANADA
616. Rafiq Sultan, CANADA
617. Maryam Ekhtiar, New York, USA
618. Marsha Hill, PhD, Curator, Department of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
619. Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Duarte, Departmento of Philosophy of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, BRAZIL
620. Dr. Michael Lindblom, Dept. of Archaeology and Ancient History, Uppsala University, SWEDEN
621. Masud A. Sheikh, CANADA
622. Pilar López, Professor of Research, Department of Prehistory, Institute of History, High Council of Research (CSIC), Madrid, SPAIN
623. Dr. Kamran Arjomand, Middle East Librarian, GERMANY
624. Dr. Nuzhat Amin, Centre for Women's Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto, CANADA
625. Dr. Stefan Winter, Assistant Professor, Westasiatische Geschichte, University of Erfurt, GERMANY
626. Rosemary M. Suhre, The College of General Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, USA
627. Michael A. Toler, Managing Editor, Arab Culture and Civilization Online Resource, National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education, USA
628. Julia Droeber, Social Anthropology, American University - Central Asia, KYRGYZSTAN
629. Dr. B. Todd Lawson, Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Montreal & Dept of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
630. Eric H. Cline, Assistant Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology, The George Washington University, Washington, USA
631. Alyssa Gabbay, University of Chicago, USA
632. Franziska Bloch, German Archaeological Institut, Berlin, GERMANY
633. Claudia Schmidt, German Archaeological Institut, Berlin, GERMANY
634. Elisabeth Cadic-Njeim, Librarian, FRANCE
635. Rebecca M. Naylor, Assistant Curator, Middle East Section, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
636. Dr. Basheer M. Nafi, Reader in Islamic History, The Muslim College, London and Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
637. Luiz Roberto Monzani, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, São Paulo, BRAZIL
638. Josette Monzani, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, BRAZIL
639. Jerusa Pires Ferreira, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, BRAZIL
640. Boris Schnaiderman, Universidade de São Paulo, BRAZIL
641. Marilena Chauí, Universidade de São Paulo, BRAZIL
642. Bento Prado Jr., Universidade Federal de São Carlos, BRAZIL
643. Prof. Touraj Atabaki, International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
644. Oliver Schlumberger, Assistant Prof., Inst. of Political Science, Eberhard-Karls University of Tuebingen, GERMANY
645. Dr. Leslie Tramontini, Deutsche Morgenlaendische Gesellschaft, Orient-Institut, Beirut, LEBANON
646. Margit Brenner-Elias
647. Friederike Raum-Blöcher, Pastorin für Verständigungsarbeit in Hamburg- Wilhelmsburg, GERMANY
648. Prof. Dr. Ulrike Freitag, Director, Centre of Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin, GERMANY
649. Dr. Albrecht Hofheinz, Centre for Modern Oriental Studies, Berlin, GERMANY
650. Dr. Andreas Drechsler, University Library of Bamberg, University of Bamberg, GERMANY
651. Catherine Cobham, Dept of Arabic and Middle East Studies, University of St. Andrews, UK
652. Joseph McIntyre, Universität Hamburg, GERMANY
653. Prof. Dr. Martin Tamcke, Direktor des Instituts für Ökumenische Theologie/Orientalische Kirchen- und Missionsgeschichte an der Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen, GERMANY
654. Dr. Ursula Günther, University of Hamburg, GERMANY
655. Konrad Hirschler, PhD candidate SOAS, London, UK
656. Dr Karin Sowada, Assistant Curator, The Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney, AUSTRALIA
657. Paul Tate, Durham University Library, UK
658. Dr. Duncan Haldane, Head Librarian & Curator, Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, UK
659. Stephan Rosiny, PhD, Institute for Islamic Studies, Free University, Berlin, GERMANY
660. Dr Julia Bray, Department of Arabic and Middle East Studies, University of St. Andrews, UK
661. Geoffrey Khan, Professor of Semitic Philology, University of Cambridge, Fellow of the British Academy, UK
662. Mamtimyn Sunuodula, Middle East and East Asian Studies Librarian, Durham University, UK
663. Muhammad Isa Waley, Curator of Persian and Turkish Collections, The British Library, London, UK
664. Katrin Nesemann, Berlin, GERMANY
665. Ginny Hendricks, Swets Blackwell, THE NETHERLANDS
666. Dr. J.P. Larsson, Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, Dundee, UK
667. Souha Tarraf, Researcher (Social Sciences), Institut Français du Proche-Orient, Beirut, LEBANON
668. Prof. Dr. Stefan Karwiese, Archaeologist, Numismatist, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna, AUSTRIA
669. Dr. Geoffrey Roper, Islamic Bibliography Unit, Cambridge University Library, UK
670. Layla Al-Zubaidi, Resource & Information Manager, Heinrich Boell Foundation, Arab Middle East Office, Ramallah, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
671. Mag. Georg Plattner, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Vienna, AUSTRIA
672. Prof. Dr. Hayat Erkanal, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
673. Prof. Dr. Aliye Öztan, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
674. Prof. Dr. Aykut Cinaroglu, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
675. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Tayfun Yildirim, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
676. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fikri Kulakoglu, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
677. Assoc. Prof. Tunc Sipahi, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
678. Res. Asst. Dr. Vasif Sahoglu, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
679. Res. Asst. Elif Genc, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
680. Res. Asst. Levent Keskin, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
681. Res. Asst. Irfan Tugcu, Near Eastern Archaeology Department, Ankara University, TURKEY
682. Dr. Thomas Herzog, Institut fuer Orientalistik, Martin-Luther-Universitaet, Halle, GERMANY
683. Dr. Stefan Heidemann, Orientalisches Institut, Universitaet Leipzig, GERMANY
684. Dr. Sylvia Ortlieb, Cultural Anthropology and Political Sciences, Munich, GERMANY
685. Herman De Ley, Director Centre for Islam in Europe, Ghent University, BELGIUM
686. Prof. Dr. Guenter Meyer, Centre for Research on the Arab World (CERAW), University of Mainz, GERMANY
687. Hend A. Farah, Alexandria Institute of Technology, EGYPT
688. Clare Allen, Postgraduate student in Museum Studies, Leicester University, UK
689. Anne Macklin, PhD Research Student (Archaeology), University of Southampton, UK
690. Libby C. Glynn, History Student, University of Dallas, USA
691. Dr Jocelyn Dunphy Blomfield, Department of Psychological Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
692. Philipp M. Rassmann, Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, USA
693. David Graf, Professor in History, University of Miami, USA
694. Susan Jaye Pattullo, MA, M.Phil., Columbia University, New York City, USA
695. Colin A. Hope, Director, Centre for Archaeology & Ancient History, Monash University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
696. Lluís Feliu, Institut del Pròxim Orient Antic, Universitat de Barcelona, SPAIN
697. Pamela A. Patton, Associate Professor of Art History, Southern Methodist University, USA
698. Niki Holmes Kantzios, University of South Florida, USA
699. Chantal Gurney-Pringle, Museum Curator, Armadale, AUSTRALIA
700. Ronald Wallenfels, Ph.D., Associate Curator, Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
701. Amy Neff, AUSTRALIA
702. Anel Rodriguez, John F. Kennedy University, San Francisco, USA
703. Barbara A. Porter, Ph.D., Independent Scholar of the Ancient Near East, Columbia University, USA
704. Richard Lee, Archaeologist, UK
705. Christina Johnson, MA, Assistant Archivist, Wells Fargo Historical Services, San Francisco, USA
706. Pamela Mays McDonald, Director of Audience Development and Civic Affairs, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, USA
707. Giorgetta Bonfiglio-Dosio, Università di Padova, ITALY
708. Robert Arnott, Sub-Dean of Medicine and Director, Centre for the History of Medicine, University of Birmingham, UK
709. Dr. Tofi Rahal, Zayed University, DUBAI
710. Antonio Burr, Ph.D., Forensic Psychologist, New York City, USA
711. Salwa Ghaly, Assistant professor of English, University of Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
712. Lucia Melgar, Spanish and Portuguese, Princeton University, USA
713. May Seikaly, Assoc. Prof., Department of Near Eastern & Asian Studies, Wayne State University, USA
714. Er. Abdul Shukoor, Civil Engineering Department, University of Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
715. Nahda Younis Shehada, PhD fellow, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, THE NETHERLANDS
716. Dr. Mahir S. Ali, Professor & Dean, Information Technology. Dubai University College, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
717. Daniel Knibloe, English Language Center, Zayed University, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
718. Dr. Margarita Carretero-González, Dpto. Filologias Inglesa y Alemana, Universidad de Granada, SPAIN
719. Elizabeth Bishop, Independent Scholar, Cairo, EGYPT
720. Professor Neil Forsyth, Dept of Comparative Literature, Faculty of Letters, University of Lausanne, SWITZERLAND
721. M Heymann Mathieu, Agent du Patrimoine, FRANCE
722. Rowena Alberga, Student of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS
723. Peter Wheeler, Dean, College of Fine Arts, University of Sharjah, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
724. Mary-Angela Willis, Ph.D., American University in Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
725. William C. Godby, Anthropologist, University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA
726. Laurie A. Brand, International Relations, University of Southern California, USA
727. Anup Mukherjee, Independent Writer, INDIA
728. Ian Murray, Artist, Board Member, Art Metropole, Toronto, CANADA
729. Fiona Hunt, Information Literacy Librarian, Zayed University, Abu Dhabi, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
730. Sadiq Midraj, Zayed University, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
731. J. David Markham, International Napoleonic Society
732. Susan Jones, English Lecturer, Zayed University, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
733. Sandra Willis, PhD., Assistant Professor of Psychology, Zayed University, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
734. Dr. Sandra Poirier, Zayed University, Family and Nutrition Sciences, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
735. Ms. Alwyn L. Burridge, Egyptian Archaeology, PhD Candidate, University of Toronto, CANADA
736. Kathy Bird, Coordinator ­ English, Center for the Professional Development of UAE Educators, Zayed Universtiy, Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
737. Manouchehr Kasheff, Columbia University in New York, USA
738. John Sheridan, Librarian, Zayed University, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
739. Ratnabali Chatterjee, Professor, Dept. of Islamic History and Culture, Calcutta University, INDIA
740. T. Keith Dix, Classics, University of Georgia, USA
741. Pamela DaGrossa, Anthropology, Hawaii Pacific University, USA
742. Sabrina C. Buck, MA, Archaeologist/Forensic Anthropologist, University of Hawaii, USA
743. Heather Howell, Science/Geography Teaching, Faculty of Education, York University, CANADA
744. Dr. Miriam Stark, Archaeologist, Department of Anthropology, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, USA
745. Mark Jensen, Chair, Department of Languages and Literatures, Pacific Lutheran University, USA
746. Sedi Minachi
747. Emelianov Vladimir, Department of Oriental Religion and Cultural Studies, St. Petersburg State University, RUSSIA
748. Dr. Shahrzad Mojab, Associate Professor, Department of Adult Education, OISE/University of Toronto, CANADA
749. Caroline Angel, Special Projects Coordinator, Museum of Science, Boston and Freelance History Writer, USA
750. Prof. Martin van Bruinessen, Department of Oriental Languages and Cultures, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
751. Brenna Munro, Department of English, University of Virginia, USA
752. Ann M. Nicgorski, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art and Art History, Willamette University, Oregon, USA
753. Prof. Dr. Reinhard Dittmann, Institut für Altorientalische Philologie und Voderasiatische Altertumskunde, Münster, GERMANY
754. Su Kyung Huh, M.A., Institut für Altorientalische Philologie und Voderasiatische Altertumskunde, Münster, GERMANY
755. Sanford M. Russell, Tlaxcala, MEXICO
756. Dr.ssa Antonella Ghignoli, Dipartimento di Storia e Culture del Testo e del Documento, Università della Tuscia - Viterbo, ITALY
757. Glenna Matthews, American history, Institute of Urban & Regional Development, Berkeley, USA
758. Assaf Kfoury, Professor of Computer Science, Boston University, USA
759. Betsy Manderen, Executive Director, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts (FAVA), Oberlin, OH, USA
760. Max A. Wickert, Associate Professor of English, University at Buffalo, USA
761. Mujeeb R. Khan, DePaul University, USA
762. Cheryl Adams Rychkov, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Art History, USA
763. Robert C. Knox, Boston Globe Correspondent, Plymouth, USA
764. Prof. Joanne Naiman, Department of Sociology, Ryerson University, Toronto, CANADA
765. Katja Moos, Librarian, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
766. Amelia M. Trevelyan, Art Historian, Principia College, USA
767. Magnus T. Bernhardsson, Hofstra University, USA
768. Luicne Taminian, Anthropologist, Visiting Scholar, American University of Beirut, LEBANON
769. Dr. Wolf-Dieter Lemke, Orient-Institut der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, Beirut, LEBANON
770. Dr. Moncef Elaoud, Telcordia Technologies Inc., USA
771. Hassan Y. Aly, Professor of Economics, Zayed University, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
772. Nina Parris, Vermont College of the Union Institute and University, USA
773. Charles Wilcox, Museum of Science, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
774. Dr. Sami J. AlBanna, Management Consultant and Systems Architect, Bethesda, MD, USA
775. Nassos Papalexandrou, Assistant Professor of Greek Art, Dept. of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin, USA
776. Dr. Carmen Haydee Rivera, College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico, PUERTO RICO
777. David Daems, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, BELGIUM
778. Frédérique Marchi, Librarian, National French Library, Paris, FRANCE
779. Maddalena Angelino, Istituto Venezia, ITALY
780. Delphine Gaud, Choregraph Compagny: La Trisande, Lyon, FRANCE
781. Ann Marchi, Cinéaste et Ecrivain, FRANCE
782. Pietri Bonelli, Photographe, FRANCE
783. Nasreen Malik, MD, Philadelphia, USA
784. Frank Schmieder, MD, Philadelphia, USA
785. Jean Grossholtz, Professor Emeritus, Mount Holyoke College, USA
786. Gudrun Dahl, Professor of Social Anthropology, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm University, SWEDEN
787. Jovana Bouche Iwen, University Publications, American University of Beirut, LEBANON
788. An Willems, Geen Speciale Titel of Zo, Turnhout, BELGIUM
789. Jean-Denis VIGNE, Dr HDR, Head researcher at the CNRS, Vice-president of the Scientific Council of the National Museum of Natural History, Paris, FRANCE
790. Erik Eynikel, Faculty of Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, THE NETHERLANDS
791. C.C. Lamberg-Karlovsky, Stephen Philips Professor of Archaeology, Harvard University, USA
792. Prof. Dr. Hans-Gebhard Bethge, Theologische Fakultaet, Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin, GERMANY
793. A.Sahib A.Latif, Geography Department, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BELGIUM
794. Dr. Heinrich Zabehlicky, Österr. Arch. Institut, Wien, AUSTRIA
795. Marjan Mashkour, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Département d'Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité, Paris, FRANCE
796. Lugdivine Cocchiello, Dawson, FRANCE
797. Gaëlle Biet, Documentaliste, Centre de documentation FNG / CLEIRPPA, Paris, FRANCE
798. Andrea Posey, MFA Student, San Diego State University, USA
799. Dr. Judy Bullington, Zayed University, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
800. Charlotte Henay, Graduate Studies, Sociology & Equity Dep't, OISE/UofT, Toronto, CANADA
801. Victor M. Martinez, Program in Art History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
802. Virginia Green, Toronto, CANADA
803. Robert Kirkconnell, Educator and member of Academics for Justice, San Bernardino, USA
804. Gayatri A. Menon, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
805. Dr. John Rempel, Department of English, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, CANADA
806. Haziefa Husain, Teacher, Boxwood Public School, Markham, Ontario, CANADA
807. Pascale Hebacker, Legal Director, Marseille, FRANCE
808. Michael Robinson, Centre for Anthropological Research, University of Western Australia, AUSTRALIA
809. Katja Tupak, Toronto, CANADA
810. Lynne Harding, Curtin University, AUSTRALIA
811. Prof. Barbara Godard, Departments of English, French, Social and Political Thought, York University, Toronto, CANADA
812. Rega Wood, Research Professor, Stanford University, USA
813. Steven B. Shubert, University of Toronto, CANADA
814. James C. Faris, Director (emeritus), University of Connecticut Program in Middle Eastern Languages and Area Studies, USA
815. Thérèse Audet, Longueuil, CANADA
816. Robert J. Nuxoll, Consultant for World History AP, Serota Fellow (Israel), Two Time Fulbright Scholar (Netherlands & Egypt), US Army veteran 1962-5, USA
817. Dr. Werner Schwartz, Niedersaechsische Staats und Universitaetsbibliothek, GERMANY
818. Mona N. Mikhail, Department of Middle Eastern Studies, New York University, USA
819. Louise E. Shaw, Arts Consultant, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
820. Robert Knowlton
821. Mona Hedin, University of Arizona, USA
822. Deborah Dakin, Augustana College, Illinois, USA
823. Adolfo Lopez Belando, Arqueologo, Museo del Hombre Dominicano, REPUBLICA DOMINICANA
824. Professor Nahla Abdo, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University, Ottawa, CANADA
825. Paola Gandolfi, Università "Ca'Foscari " di Venezia, Venezia, ITALY
826. Arun P. Mukherjee, Associate Professor in English, York University, Toronto, CANADA
827. Craig Maynes, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Classics, University of Toronto, CANADA
828. Dr. Martha Macintyre, Anthropologist, Centre for The Study of Health and Society, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
829. Dr. Michael Monsell-Davis, Senior Lecturer, Sociology, University of the South Pacific, Suva, FIJI
830. Dr. Randa Farah, Assistant Professor, University of Western Ontario, CANADA
831. Sinan Antoon, PhD Candidate, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Harvard University, USA
832. Hasna Reda Mikdashi, Executive manager, Nour/Arab Women's Research and Studies Foundation, EGYPT
833. Dr Lindy Warrell, Anthropologist, AUSTRALIA
834. Margaret Trawick, Professor of Social Anthropology, Massey University, Palmerston North, NEW ZEALAND
835. Mary-Beth Buesgen, University Libraries, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
836. Dr J. T. Chalcraft, Lecturer in Modern Middle Eastern History, University of Edinburgh, UK
837. Judith L. Poxon, Department of Humanities and Religious Studies, California State University, USA
838. Michel Gagné, Département de Mathématiques, Informatique et Génie, Université du Québec à Rimouski, CANADA
839. Joan F. McMurray (Ph.D.), Professor, Humanities English Dept., University of Puerto Rico, PUERTO RICO
840. Elizabeth Snyder, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK
841. Oyekan Owomoyela, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
842. Ola Moshref, Instructor, Arabic Language Center, Zayed University, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
843. Laure Varis, Bibliothécaire, Paris, FRANCE
844. Laura Wheeland, Museum of Science in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
845. Lorenza Gion, Università Ca' Foscari di Venezia, ITALY
846. Dr. Elisabeth Trinkl, Archaeologist
847. Michael A. Sells, Department of Religion, Haverford College, PA, USA
848. Elisa Giunchi, Department of International Studies, Faculty of political Science, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, ITALY
849. Samantha Lauren, Florida State University, USA
850. Sihem Bensedrine, Editor in chief Kalima, TUNISIA
851. Dr. Nikolai Grube, Linda and David Schele Chair, Department of Art and Art History, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
852. Dr. Nancy L. Stockdale, Assistant Professor, Middle Eastern History, University of Central Florida, USA
853. Ajmer Rode, Indo-Canadian Writer and Student of Ancient Cultures, Burnaby, CANADA
854. Jay Dillon, Rare Books & Manuscripts, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, USA
855. Per Aahlin, Vice President, Union of Teachers, NORWAY
856. Unni Kjus Aahlin, M. Phil., NORWAY
857. Susan Ball, Executive Director, College Art Association, New York, USA
858. Roshdi Rashed, Directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS, Professeur honoraire à l'Université de Tokyo, Vice-Président de l'Académie Internationale d'Histoire des Sciences, Bourg la Reine, FRANCE
859. Professor Mounir Triki, Chairman of the English Department, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Sfax, TUNISIA
860. Charles William Miller, Department of Philosophy and Religion, Grand Forks, USA
861. Kate M. Ohno, Assistant Editor, The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Yale University Library, USA
862. Eve M. Troutt Powell, The University of Georgia, USA
863. Dr Salwa Ghaly, Assistant Professor of English, University of Sharjah, UAE
864. Natalie Zemon Davis, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History Emeritus, Princeton University, USA
865. David Bryan, Adjunct Professor (Religion Program), Hunter College, New York, USA
866. Lawrence Panek, Ph.D., Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Widener University, USA
867. Netta M. Hart, Greenland, NH, USA
868. Mary Benjamin, TV Documentary Producer, Topanga, CA, USA
869. Monique Geara, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, FRANCE
870. Dr. Paul D. Scotton, Acting Assistant Professor in Greek Archaeology, University of Washington, USA
871. Tanya Roy, Lecturer in Italian, Delhi University, INDIA
872. Rana Tomaira, PhD student, Department of City and Regional Planning, University of California at Berkeley, USA
873. Katherine McIntyre, Associate Professor of English as a Second Language, Salt Lake Community College, USA
874. Ass. Prof. Richard Johan Natvig, University of Bergen, Dept of the History of Religions, Bergen, NORWAY
875. Ylva Player-Dahnsjö, Chief Conservator, Library Conservation Unit, University of Dundee, President of ECCO (European Confederation of Conservator-Restorers' Organisations), UK
876. Philippe Feuillard, Assistant de Conservation, Bordeaux, FRANCE
877. David S. Stuart, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, USA
878. Sabrina Favaro Abansir, Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Antichita e del Vicino Oriente, Venezia, ITALY
879. Sidnie White Crawford, President, W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research, ISRAEL
880. Li Guo, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, USA
881. Alessandra Contenti, Università RomaTre, ITALY
882. Elia Mazzawi, University of Toronto, CANADA
883. Mary Dell Lucas, Director, Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural Trips, Inc., Albuquerque, USA
884. Farouk Mustafa, University of Chicago, USA
885. Univ. Prof. Dr. Gerhard Trnka, Institut fuer Ur- und Fruehgeschichte der Universitaet Wien, AUSTRIA
886. Alok Mukherjee, former Vice Chair and Acting Chief Commissioner, Ontario Human Rights Commission, York University, Toronto, CANADA
887. France Théoret, Ecrivaine, Montréal, Québec, CANADA
888. Alain Horic, Editeur, Montréal, Québec, CANADA
889. David Radavich, Professor of English, Eastern Illinois University, USA
890. Abderrazak Ben-Hamida, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
891. Hannah S. Wilder, Professor, University of Maryland, USA
892. Branislav Andelkovic, Lecturer in Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Belgrade, SERBIA
893. Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, PUERTO RICO
894. Nelly Halzen, Department of French & Italian, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
895. Carol Saucier, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Québec, CANADA
896. Dr David Lubell, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, CANADA
897. Bruno Boulianne, Professeur d'éthique, Université du Québec à Rimouski, Québec, CANADA
898. Ass. Prof. Dr. Irmgard Hein, Institut für Ägyptologie, Universität Wien, AUSTRIA
899. Christine Portelance, Département de Lettres, Université du Québec à Rimouski, CANADA
900. Dr. Bob Pokrant, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, AUSTRALIA
901. Chris Scurfield, Progression Archaeological Services, UK
902. Sarah Shanley, Social Science Research Council, New York, USA
903. Dimitri Gutas, Professor of Arabic, Yale University, USA
904. Prof Cevdet Akyel, Dept Génie Eelectrique, Ecole polytechnique, Montréal, CANADA
905. Norma T. Nemeh, IED/CIE Program Assistant, Dept. of International & Transcultural Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA
906. Melanie Newton, Assistant Professor of Caribbean History, University of Toronto, CANADA
907. Mary Ann Riad, Program on the Middle East & North Africa, Social Science Research Council, New York, USA
908. Dr. Mark G. Hall, Ph.D. in Assyriology, 1985, University of Pennsylvania, USA
909. Douglas R. Finnegan, Senior Auditor, Department of Education, Malden, USA
910. Norma Broadwater, Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes, Washington, USA
911. Prof. Jean-Francois Prunet, Ph.D., Professor of Linguistics, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
912. Dr. Louis J. Cantori, Department of Political Science, University of Maryland, USA
913. Sheil Campbell PhD, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, CANADA
914. Colette Gille, Responsable de la documentation, Head of Videolibrary, CANAL+, Paris, FRANCE
915. Dr. Michael V. Diboll, Assistant Professor of English Literature, United Arab Emirates University, UAE
916. Brigitte Renouf, Conservateur des Bibliothèque, Minisitère de l'Education Nationale, FRANCE
917. Rachel Divisia, Librarian, FRANCE
918. Heikki Palva, Ph.D., Professor emeritus of Arabic, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
919. Murielle Noel, Villejuif, FRANCE
920. Dr. Karin Koller, Institute for Studies of Ancient Culture, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, AUSTRIA
921. Yann Sordet, Conservateur, Chef du Département de la Réserve, Bibliothèque interuniversitaire Sainte-Geneviève, Paris, FRANCE
922. Catherine Pichot, Bibliothèque de Sciences Humaines, Rennes, FRANCE
923. Gilli Barbara, Ca'Foscari University, Venice, ITALY
924. Tourya Guaaybess, European University Institute, Florence, ITALY
925. Elias Abou-Haidar, Senior Economist, LUXEMBOURG
926. Florence Balavoine, Discothécaire, FRANCE
927. Claudine Chaigneau, Bibliothécaire Beaux-arts, Toulouse, FRANCE
928. Christophe Fourmeau, Roubaix, FRANCE
929. Ernest John Revell, PhD, FRSC., Emeritus Professor in the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
930. Dr Alison Salvesen, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford, UK
931. Amy Singer, Professor of Ottoman History, Dept. of Middle Eastern & African History, Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
932. Jawaz Jaffri, Senior Lecturer, Department of Urdu, College Lahore, PAKISTAN
933. Morel Jean-Pierre, Librarian, FRANCE
934. Riccardo d'Agostino, Director of the Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, ITALY
935. Christiane Nogier, Bibliothèque, Ecole Nationale des Chartes, Paris, FRANCE
936. Emmanuelle Aldebert, Responsable Centre de Documentation, Paris, FRANCE
937. Catherine Gautin, Librarian, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée, FRANCE
938. Sandrine Chaumeton, Librarian, IUFM du Limousin, Limoges, FRANCE
939. Thierry Bokhobza, Assistant Qualifié de Conservation du Patrimoine et des Bibliothèques, Lyon, FRANCE
940. Sonia Marzo, Responsable de la Bibliothèque Municipale d'Argelès Sur Mer, FRANCE
941. Laure Delrue, Archiviste Paléographe, Conservateur de Bibliothèques, Université du Littoral à Boulogne sur Mer, FRANCE
942. Morgane Soltesz, Librarian Student, University of Paris, FRANCE
943. Albrecht Metzger, Journalist, Hamburg, GERMANY
944. Stefan Weber, PhD, German Orient Institute, Beirut, LEBANON
945. Marie Daunizeau, Etudiante à Poitiers, FRANCE
946. Anne Giraudon, Bibliothécaire, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, FRANCE
947. Dr. Renate Gut, Institut fuer Orientalistik, University of Vienna, AUSTRIA
948. Dr. Abdulridha Abdullah, Ph.D, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
949. Dr. Joseph Calandrino, University Hospital School of Medicine, SUNY Stony Brook, NY, USA
950. Cynthia Hunter
951. Lartigau Lionel, Contractuel Bibliothèque, Universitaire Montpellier, FRANCE
952. Marianne Faure, BU Sciences, Caen, FRANCE
953. MA. Sepehr H. Joussefi, Lecturer Modern Persian Language and Culture, Utrecht University, THE NETHERLANDS
954. Michèle Merle, FRANCE
955. Vincenzo La Rosa, Università degli Studi, Catania, ITALY
956. Thomas Jacob, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
957. Martine Ackermans, Librarian, Charleroi, BELGIUM
958. Cécile Corneaux, FRANCE
959. Feruza Ashmatova, Gender Program of Open Society Institute, Assistance Foundation in Uzbekistan, UZBEKISTAN
960. Karine Dehon, FRANCE
961. Emmanuelle Kremer, SCD Université Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, FRANCE
962. Sylvia Akar, University of Helsinki, FINLAND
963. Dr. P.V.S. Kumar, Scientist, Nistads, New Delhi, INDIA
964. Alisher Ilkhamov, Executive Director, OSIAF-Uzbekistan, UZBEKISTAN
965. Shaukat Jamal, Poet & Writer, USA
966. Sarah Amsler, Dept. of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
967. Cheron Muriel, Student, FRANCE
968. Dr Anne-Marie Hilsdon, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, AUSTRALIA
969. J.Danish, Playwright, CANADA
970. Nicholas Heer, Professor Emeritus, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization, University of Washington, USA
971. Nicole Allegra Miceli, Staten Island, NY, USA
972. Prof Irene Gendzier, Boston University, USA
973. Rainer Mack, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, USA
974. Dr. Sayed Omran, Professor, Classical and Modern Languages, Villanova University, USA
975. Lisa Wedeen, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, The University of Chicago, USA
976. Peter Klosterman, Ph.D., UC San Francisco, USA
977. Afzaal Naveed, Writers Forum, CANADA
978. Judith Mitchell, Independent Scholar, Maine, USA
979. Richard Horton, Masters Level Counselor, Maine, USA
980. Susan Wykel, Ph.D., University of Dallas, USA
981. Dr. Donna M. Joss, Professor, Worcester State College, USA
982. Beverly Stone, PhD Piedmont, CA, USA
983. Lynda Pogue, York University, Toronto, CANADA
984. Kenneth K. Ayouby, Lecturer in Arabic and Education at University of Michigan, USA
985. Piotr Michalowski, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies, University of Michigan, USA
986. Alexandra deVere, Department of Counselor Education Graduate Student, University of New Mexico, USA
987. David O'Brien, Associate Professor, University of Illinois, USA
988. Theresa Vidalon, University of Michigan, USA
989. Jonathan Stökl, Graduate Student, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, UK
990. Dalia Abdel-Hady, Department of Sociology, SUNY-Albany, USA
991. Heather Macfarlane, Centre for Comparative Literature, University of Toronto, CANADA
992. Mia Fuller, University of California, USA
993. Faith Zeadey, Department of Sociology, Worcester State College, USA
994. Charles E. Butterworth, Department of Government & Politics, University of Maryland, USA
995. Dr. Gerda S. Panofsky, em. Professor of Art History, Temple University, Philadelphia, USA
996. Karim Boughida, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
997. Shona R. Dippie, HEAL Metadata/Cataloger, Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah, USA
998. Ramin Jahromi, Architect, Sydney, AUSTRALIA
999. Rania Ghosn, University College London, UK
1000. Dr Luke Treadwell, Oriental Institute and Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, UK
1001. Rosemarie Scullion, Associate Professor of French and Women's Studies, University of Iowa, USA
1002. Manya Arond-Thomas, M.D., Certified Executive and Business Coach, USA
1003. Kelly-Anne Diamond Reed, Graduate Student, Department of Egyptology, Brown University, USA
1004. Michel Desmarais, École Polytechnique de Montréal, CANADA
1005. Mary Byrne McDonnell, Executive Director, Social Science Research Council, New York, USA
1006. Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council, New York, USA
1007. Professor Raymond W. Baker, Director of Middle East Studies, Trinity College, USA
1008. James E. G. Zetzel, Professor of Classics, Columbia University, USA
1009. Alison S. Brooks, Chair, Department of Anthropology, George Washington University, USA
1010. Kevin M. DeJesus, Graduate Student, York University, Toronto, CANADA
1011. Seteney Shami, Social Science Research Council, New York, USA
1012. Myunghee Kim, CUNY Graduate Center, USA
1013. Wadad Abed, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
1014. Joseph N. Bell, Professor of Arabic, Section for Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of Bergen, NORWAY
1015. Gayle Gibson, Teacher, Royal Ontario Museum, CANADA
1016. John F. Miller, Department of Classics, University of Virginia, USA
1017. Malcolm Bell, III, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Virginia, USA
1018. Sain Sucha, SWEDEN
1019. Dr Caroline Finkel, Independent scholar, Ottoman historian, Ann Arbor and Istanbul, USA
1020. Roger Allen, Professor of Arabic, University of Pennsylvania, USA
1021. Janet Afary, Associate Professor of History & Women's Studies, Department of History, Purdue University, USA
1022. Jean-Paul Baïlon, CANADA
1023. Dr. Emily Gottreich, Vice Chair, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of California, USA
1024. Ann Elizabeth Mayer, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA
1025. Caroline Rocheleau, University of Toronto / Royal Ontario Museum, CANADA
1026. Rush Rehm, Associate Professor of Classics, Stanford University, USA
1027. Dr. Hashim Al-Tawil, Professor of Islamic Art & Architecture, University of Michigan, USA
1028. Ibtisam Ibrahim, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar, Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict, University of Pennsylvania, USA
1029. Arthur Yelon, CANADA
1030. Pf Lionel Bertrand, Physical Engeneering Dept, École Polytechnque de Montréal, CANADA
1031. Roland Malhamé, École Polytechnique de Montréal, CANADA
1032. Marica Cassis, Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, University of Toronto, CANADA
1033. Anjula Gogia, Co-manager, Toronto Women's Bookstore, CANADA
1034. Dr G DAMODAR, Professor of English & Director, Students Welfare Center, Kakatiya University, INDIA
1035. Robert S. Kramer, Associate Professor of History, St. Norbert College, USA
1036. Sean Nasri, Biochemistry, UCSB, USA
1037. Vitor Oliveira Jorge, Professor of Archaeology, University of Porto, Department of Heritage's Sciences and Techniques, Faculty of Arts, PORTUGAL
1038. Susana Oliveira Jorge, Professor of Archaeology, University of Porto, Department of Heritage's Sciences and Techniques, Faculty of Arts, PORTUGAL
1039. Francisco Contreras Cortes, Professor of Prehistory, University of Granada, SPAIN
1040. Carolyn Postgate, Archaeologist, University of Cambridge, UK
1041. Patricia M. Bass, Rice University, USA
1042. Belén Márquez, Archaeologist, Museo Arqueológico Regional, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, SPAIN
1043. Dr. Matteo Gabbrielli, University of Venice, ITALY
1044. Maria José Noain Maura, Prehistory and Archaeology, Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones Histórico-Arqueológicas Arkeolan, SPAIN
1045. Tony Mann, Head of Department, Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich, UK
1046. Dimas Martín Socas, Professor of Prehistory, University of La Laguna, Canary Islands, SPAIN
1047. Dr. Earle Waugh, Religious Studies, University of Alberta, CANADA
1048. Philippe Guillerme, Librarian, Bibliotheque Publique d'Information, Centre Pompidou, FRANCE
1049. Emanuela Daffra, Soprintendenza per il patrimonio storico artistico e Demoetnoantropologico, Milan, ITALY
1050. Saeed El-Masry, Lecturer of Anthropology, Cairo University, EGYPT
1051. Paolo Bensi, Professore di Storia del Restauro, Seconda Università di Napoli, Facoltà di Lettere e Filosofia, Santa Maria Capua Vetere, ITALY
1052. Kenno Vanommeslaeghe, Ph.D. Student in Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BELGIUM

Signatures gathered at the Institute of Field Archaeologists Annual Conference, University of Wales, Bangor, UK, 15-17 April 2003:

1053. Mark Spanyer, ADC, THE NETHERLANDS
1054. Patrick Darling, African Legacy, Bournemouth University, UK
1055. Anthony Beck, University of Durham, UK
1056. Tim Malim, Gifford and Partners, UK
1057. Mick Rawlings, Wessex Archaeology, UK
1058. Marc Lodewjckx, University of Leuven, BELGIUM
1059. David Gwyn, Govannon Consultancy, UK
1060. Marilyn Day, Freelance archaeologist, UK
1061. John Williams, Kent County Council, UK
1062. Nancy Edwards, Universityof Wales, Bangor, UK
1063. Phil Copleston, English Heritage, UK
1064. Amanda Garrett, Freelance archaeologist, UK
1065. Ann Marie Dick, Devon County Council, UK
1066. Jane Jephcote, English Heritage, UK
1067. Emma Taylor, Cornwall Archaeological Unit, UK
1068. Mike Dawson, CgMs, UK
1069. Susan Smith, English Heritage, UK
1070. Jane Evans, University of Birmingham, UK
1071. Duncan Brown, Southampton City Council, UK
1072. Rob Woodside, National Trust, UK
1073. Kenneth Aitchison, Institute of Field Archaeologists, UK
1074. Tanya Bagwell, Somerset County Council, UK
1075. Adam Lodoen, Cambridgeshire County Council, UK
1076. Frank Olding, Blaenavon Gwent County Borough, UK
1077. Caroline Makepeace, Freelance archaeologist, UK
1078. Jim McNeil, South Yorkshire Archaeology Service, UK
1079. Diana Murray, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, UK
1080. Angela Simco, Freelance Archaeologist, UK
1081. G Scott, Wessex Archaeology, UK
1082. A Macdonald, EC Harris, UK
1083. Ken Robinson, English Heritage, UK
1084. Bronwen Russell, AIP University of Bournemouth, UK
1085. Annabel Lawrence, English Heritage, UK
1086. David M Browne, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, UK
1087. Mick Jones, City of Lincoln Council, UK
1088. Rebecca Jones, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, UK
1089. Bob Zeepvat, MSC Ltd, UK
1090. Louise Mees, Cadw, UK
1091. Helen Parslow, Albion Archaeology, UK
1092. Heather Sebire, Guernsey Museum, CHANNEL ISLANDS
1093. Matt Jones, University of Bangor, UK
1094. Mark Atkinson, Essex County Council Field Archaeology Unit, UK
1095. Paul Gilman, Essex County Council, UK
1096. Deborah Porter, English Heritage, UK
1097. Gillian Phillips, Institute of Field Archaeologists, UK
1098. Ken Hollamby, JSAC, UK

1099. Sara Kayser, Institute of Archaeology, University College London, UK
1100. Janina K. Darling, History of Art, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA
1101. Howard Hawkes, Sarah Anthony School, JCCS - San Diego County Office of Education, USA
1102. Fernando Cotino, Professional archaeologist, SPAIN
1103. Dr J. A. Stedall, Clifford Norton Student in the History of Science, The Queen's College, Oxford, UK
1104. Wolfram Pichler, Department of history of art, Vienna University, AUSTRIA
1105. Prof.Dr.Barbara Finster, Islamische Kunst und Archäologie, Universität Bamberg, GERMANY
1106. Demelza Costa, Brotherhood of Light, Hermetic Studies
1107. Bob Stein, President, Americas Section, HPM
1108. Maria Fusaro, Early Modern Europe, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chicago, USA
1109. Mario Varela Gomes, Archaeology Teacher, Departamento de Historia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PORTUGAL
1110. Prof. Manuel Martín-Bueno, Catedrático de Arqueología, Universidad de Zaragoza, SPAIN
1111. Marco Monti, Nardini Editore, Firenze, ITALY
1112. Dr. Maira Torcia, Near and Middle East Archaeologist, Napoli, ITALy
1113. Jonathan Wallis, Principal Curator (Collections), Derby Museums and Art Gallery, UK
1114. Dr. Antoon De Baets, History Dept., Univ. of Groningen, THE NETHERLANDS
1115. Jacinta Bugalhão, Portuguese Institute of Archaeology, PORTUGAL
1116. Judith Plouviez BA, FSA, Archaeological Officer, Suffolk County Council, UK
1117. Marguerite Hill, Masters of Museum and Heritage Studies student, Victoria University of Wellington, USA
1118. G.H.R. Horsley, Professor of Classics and Ancient History, University of New England, AUSTRALIA
1119. Emeline Guibert, Librarian, FRANCE
1120. Dr. Alysia Fischer, Anthropology Program, Centre College, USA
1121. Jody Berland, Associate Professor, Humanities and Cultural Studies, York University, Toronto, CANADA
1122. Prof. Dr. Francesco Caglioti, Professore di Storia dell'arte, Università Federico II di Napoli, ITALY
1123. M. Safa Saracoglu, Islamic/World/Balkan History, The Ohio State University, USA
1124. Dr. Steve Sweeney-Turner, Musicologist and Historian, Editor Ogmios Press, UK
1125. Professor Mariam Dossal Panjwani, Department of History, University of Mumbai, INDIA
1126. Dr. Narendra Panjwani, Sociologist, Mumbai, INDIA
1127. Kristin Huffine, Department of History, University of California, Berkeley, USA
1128. Roberto Bellucci, Painting Conservator, Opificio delle Pietre Dure e Laboratori di Restauro, Firenze, ITALY
1129. Allegra de Laurentiis, Professor of Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook, USA
1130. Philippe Quenet, Archaeologist, Researcher at IFPO-Damascus, FRANCE
1131. Jean-Claude Jodogne, Geophysics, Institut Royal Météorologique de Belgique, BELGIUM
1132. Dr Aaron Shugar, Archaeometallurgy, Lehigh University, USA
1133. David Lingard, Tutor in the History of Mathematics, Mathematics Education Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
1134. Mahmoud Salem Elsheikh, ITALY
1135. Jerilynn Radcliffe, PhD, Associate Professor in Clinical Psychology in Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
1136. Nathalie Antunes-Ferreira, Physical Anthropology, PORTUGAL
1137. Nuno Soares, Lawyer, PORTUGAL
1138. Susan Allen, Senior Research Associate, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
1139. Cynthia Jean, Research Fellow FNRS ­ Assyriology, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, BELGIUM
1140. Susan J. Murch, Ph.D., Institute for Ethnobotany, National Tropical Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Hawaii, USA
1141. John Williams, History, University of California Berkeley, USA
1142. Dr.Alessandro Cecchi, Direzione della Galleria degli Uffizi, Soprintendenza Speciale per il Polo, Museale Fiorentino, Firenze, ITALY
1143. Alexander Pruss, Near Eastern Archaeology, Tell Beydar Project, Institute for Assyriology and Hititology, Ludwigs-Maximilians Universität, München, GERMANY
1144. Anna Baldinetti, Researcher North Africa and Middle East history, Univestirtà di perugia, ITALY
1145. Anne Hauzeur, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, BELGIUM
1146. Katherine Hughes, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
1147. Marcel Otte, Liège, BELGIUM
1148. Bruce Billos, Perks Reutter Associates/ Independent Historian, USA
1149. Ivan Jadin, Anthropologie & Préhistoire, Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, BELGIUM
1150. Eric Monnier, Bibliothécaire, Président de l'Association Genevoise des Bibliothécaires Diplômés, Geneve, SWITZERLAND
1151. Begoña Soler Mayor, Archaeologist, Valencia, SPAIN
1152. Géraldine Berail, Ingénieur Environnement, Conseil Général d'Indre et Loire, FRANCE
1153. Paula Jardon Giner, Prehistory and archaeology, Universitat de València, SPAIN
1154. Dr Darren A. Fa, Education & Research Officer, The Gibraltar Museum, UK
1155. Dr. Ruth Roded, Islam and Middle East History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL
1156. Roberta Aluffi Beck-Peccoz, Law, Dipartimento di Scienze giuridiche, Università di Torino, ITALY
1157. Joseph Connors, History of Italian Art, Director, Villa I Tatti
1158. The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, Firenze, ITALY
1159. Claudio Seccaroni, ENEA, ITALY
1160. Leo Clark, New York, USA
1161. Stephen Clews, Curator, Roman Baths Museum, Bath, UK
1162. Dr. Petra Turnovsky, Archaeologist, Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut, Vienna, AUSTRIA
1163. Rosina Hassoun, Ph.D., Michigan State University, USA
1164. Betty Inghelbrecht, PhD History, Brussels, BELGIUM

Links to news items about the petition

• Yale Scholars Battle For Artifacts: Give Petition To U.N., Seek Ban On Sales, Hartford Courant, April 18 2003
• The fight to protect history in Iraq, WTNH, April 2003 -- with video story
• Kathryn Slanski talks to WTNH about the petition -- video footage
• The petition was mentioned in a New York Times article by John Noble Wilford on 13 April 2003
• The full text of the petition was published in The Guardian on 10 April 2003

Press Releases

Will the US take the Lead in Efforts to Recover and Restore Looted Iraqi Cutural Heritage? Press Release, Thursday, April 17

Evidence is mounting the US Military command was well-aware of the vulnerability of the National Museum in Baghdad, and the need to protect it. An April 9th article in the Portland "Oregonian" on a military briefing held in Kuwait City (byline Brian Meeham) illustrates that safeguarding the Museum was an acknowledged priority. Today, the Washington Post reports the resignation of the chair the President's Advisory Committee on Cultural Property over the preventable failure of the US-led coalition to secure the Museum and other Cultural Institutions. For months, archaeologists and other scholars had pleaded in Washington for protection  of Iraq's archaeological sites and museum collections, and on Monday, a petition originating at Yale University   on behalf of the international scholarly community was received by the Chef de Cabinet to the UN Secretary General. Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued a statement the following day calling for international cooperation in trying to safeguard and restore Iraqi Cultural Heritage. The petition, which now has over 700 signatures of scholars representing more than 30 countries, was also delivered to UNESCO Headquarters on Saturday, and has since been handed on to the Special Envoy appointed by Colin Powell's Special Envoy to deal with this situation. Scholars have been meeting with UN ambassadors in New York and are participating in the UNESCO emergency meetings in Paris to try to institute immediate measures for recovery and restoration of Iraq's Cultural Heritage in this very narrow window in which artifacts might still be recovered. "We are encouraged by Secretary Powell's remarks regarding the United States' obligations and his appointment of a Special Envoy to oversee this issue. Our meetings at the UN indicate a great concern of member nations about these losses and their willingness to support whatever actions are taken to try to salvage the stolen and damaged links to Iraq's past. These ancient objects are the vessels containing the cultural memory of the people of Iraq and the rest of the world. The history they preserve is the history of us all, and we hope that the United States will take the lead in facilitating efforts to recover and restore Iraq's Cultural Heritage before it is too late."

Press Release, Monday April 14, 2003

A small delegation of American and European academics met today with Mr. Iqbal Riza, Chef de Cabinet to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to deliver a petition circulated among the international scholarly community for the Safeguarding of Iraqi Cultural Heritage. The catastrophic devastation last week at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad has spurred diplomats and scholars alike to make efforts to try to recover what artifacts may be recovered and ensure that no further looting take place at other storage facilities or archaeological sites. The Yale-affiliated researchers also spoke today with the Jordanian ambassador to the UN, and have meetings tomorrow at the UN missions of Germany and Pakistan. The academics have taken on the role of explaining the scope this loss represents to Iraqi and world culture, and the urgent need to protect Iraqi cultural heritage from further depredations. Other scholars of Mesopotamia will participate in an emergancy meeting at UNESCO headquarters in Paris later this week.

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Created on 3 April 2003 for KES by ER. Updated on 31 May 2003 by Jon Cox. For further information about this petition please contact Dr Kathryn Slanski mesop2003@yahoo.com. For further information about the rest of the website please contact Professor Nicholas Postgate jnp10@cam.ac.uk or Dr Eleanor Robson eleanor.robson@all-souls.ox.ac.uk.