Guido Guarducci is Co-director of CAMNES and supervisor of the Department of Ancient Studies at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Italian International Institute, both based in Florence (Italy). He completed his PhD at the University of Reading (UK). His research interests mainly focus on the Late Bronze Age and Iron Age semi-nomadic communities of Eastern Anatolia and the South Caucasus, including the impact and interaction of the Assyrian empire in this area.
Nicola Laneri is Professor of Archaeology and Art History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Catania and Director of the School of Religious Studies (SORS, Florence). Since 2003, he has been the director of archaeological projects in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Iraq. He has organised conferences, panels and workshops as well as presented papers at internationally recognised meetings and institutions. He has also published more than 100 scientific articles in journals and books.
Stefano Valentini is Co-director of CAMNES and supervisor of the Department of Religious Studies at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Italian International Institute. He was adjunct Lecturer at the Institute for Prehistoric Archaeology of the Near East, Masaryk University (Brno, Czech Republic) and at the Department of Archaeology, University of Florence. Field expert in Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology, he was field director of archaeological expedition at Tell Barri (Syria), Hatra (Iraq) and Hirbemerdon Tepe in Turkey.
