Matthew J. Adams
Dr Adams was the Director of the W.F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research in Jerusalem and Co-director of the Megiddo Expedition. He has excavated at numerous sites in Egypt and Israel. He is also Director of the Jezreel Valley Regional Project, a survey and excavation project focusing on the entire Valley over time. In that context, he is also Co-director of the JVRP Excavations at Legio, the base of the Roman VIth Legion at the foot of Tel Megiddo.
Biography
Director, Jezreel Valley Regional Project
President, American Archaeology Abroad, Inc.
Co-Director (w/Israel Finkelstein), Tel Aviv University, Megiddo Expedition
Field Director, The Penn State Expedition to Mendes, Egypt
Education
Phd, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of History and Religious Studies (2007)
MA - Honors, The Pennsylvania State University, Department of History and Religious Studies (2003)
BA, University of California, Los Angeles, Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Cultures (2001)