Daniel T. Potts

Daniel T. Potts, FBA (born 1953), is an American historian and archeologist who is the Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University.

Career Potts graduated from Harvard University (B.A. in 1975 and Ph.D. in 1980) and worked at the Free University of Berlin (1981–86) and the University of Copenhagen (1980–81, 1986–1991). From 1991 to 2012 he was the Edwin Cuthbert Hall Professor of Middle Eastern Archaeology at the University of Sydney. Currently he is the Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University. He also previously worked in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

Potts is an expert in the history of the ancient Near East. one of the most authoritative series of the collective works about the subject.

Selected bibliography

Author

Edited books

The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East