ERIC H. CLINE (n. 1960) preda istorie antica si arheologie la George Washington University, unde este director al Capitol Archaeological Institute. Este unul dintre cei mai reputati specialisti ai Orientului Apropiat antic, Doctor honoris causa al Muhlenberg College, cercetator Fulbright si Getty si membru al mai multor asociatii internationale de profil, precum American Historical Association, American Oriental Society sau Archaeological Institute of America. A publicat nu mai putin de 19 monografii - traduse in peste 12 limbi - , alaturi de alte volume editate, studii si articole despre Orientul antic, intre care Digging Deeper. How Archaeology Works (2020); Digging Up Armaggedon. The Search for the Lost City of Solomon (2020); The Trojan War. A Very Short Introduction (2013); Ancient Empires. Formation and Resistance in the Near Eastern, Greco?Roman, and Early Muslim Worlds (cu M.W. Graham, 2011); Digging for Troy. From Homer to Hisarlik (cu J. Rubalcaba, 2011); Sailing the Wine?Dark Sea. International Trade and the Late Bronze Age Aegean (2009); From Eden to Exile. Unraveling Mysteries of the Bible (2007).