Eric H. Cline is pro­fes­sor of clas­sics and anthro­pol­o­gy and direc­tor of the Capi­tol Archae­o­log­i­cal Insti­tute at George Wash­ing­ton Uni­ver­si­ty. His many books include Three Stones Make a Wall: The Sto­ry of Archae­ol­o­gy and 1177 B.C.: The Year Civ­i­liza­tion Col­lapsed (both Prince­ton). He lives in Rockville, Maryland.