Piotr Bienkowski is Curator of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities in the National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Liverpool. He was editor of the archaeological journal Levant from 1987 to 1992 and has directed archaeological projects in Jordan. He is the author or editor of many publications on the archaeology and culture of the ancient Near East and Egypt, including Jericho in the Late Bronze Age, Early Edom and Moab: The Beginning of the Iron Age in Southern Jordan, and Treasures from an Ancient Land: The Art of Jordan. Alan Millard i...