Kenneth Pollack

Kenneth Pollack

male, 43 years old
Kenneth Michael Pollack, National Security Council, intelligence, cia, middle east, Military…NearEast
Kenneth Michael Pollack (born 1966) is a noted former CIA intelligence analyst and expert on Middle East politics and military analysis. He has...
Paul R. Pillar

Paul R. Pillar

male
Georgetown University, NearEast, South Asia, U.S. Army, Newsweek, the nation
Paul R. Pillar is a 28-year veteran of the CIA. From 2000-2005, he worked as the national intelligence officer for the Near East and South Asia...
Immanuel Velikovsky

Immanuel Velikovsky

male, deceased (1979)
pseudoscientist, dark age, belarusian, Psychoanalyst, Pseudoscience, Psychiatrist…NearEast
Immanuel Velikovsky (June 10, 1895 (NS) - November 17, 1979) is best known as the author of a number of controversial books on prehistory, in...

Walter Burkert

male, 78 years old
greek mythology, Cult, Persian culture, NearEast, epigraphy, University of Zurich
Walter Burkert (born Neuendettelsau, Bavaria, February 2, 1931), a scholar of Greek mythology and cult, is an emeritus professor of classics at the...
Walter Raleigh

Walter Raleigh

male, deceased (1922)
Princeton University, Brown University, Litt.D., Doctor of Letters, princeton, brown…NearEast
Professor Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh (September 5, 1861 - May 13, 1922) was a Scottish scholar, poet and author. Raleigh was educated at the City...
John Garstang

John Garstang

male, deceased (1956)
Archaeologist, British, university of liverpool, jericho, Anatolia, levant…NearEast
John Garstang was a British archaeologist of the ancient Near East, especially Anatolia and the southern Levant. He was educated at Queen...
Paolo Matthiae

Paolo Matthiae

male
professor, Ebla, Autonomous University of Madrid, University of Rome La Sapienza, NearEast, Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres
Paolo Matthiae is Professor of Archaeology and History of Art of the Ancient Near East in the University of Rome La Sapienza; he has been Director...
Hormuzd Rassam

Hormuzd Rassam

male, deceased (1910)
from Mosul, Iraqi Christian, epic of gilgamesh, Assyriology, Asia Minor, Assyriologist…NearEast
Hormuzd Rassam (1826 - 16 September, 1910) was an Assyrian Assyriologist and traveller who made a number of important discoveries, including the...

Ray Close

male
American anti Iraq War activist, VIPS, NearEast, George W. Bush administration, Bush Administration, Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity…top CIA analyst in the Near East Division
Ray Close is a former CIA analyst in the Near East division. He is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) and an...
Norman Itzkowitz

Norman Itzkowitz

male
Jewish, Princeton University, armenian, professor emeritus, American, armenian genocide…NearEast
Norman Itzkowitz is a Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. Since 1997 he has attracted criticism in response to his...