Jonathan Tubb has been a field archaeologist since the 1970s, after training at the Institute of Archaeology in London. He has served as the assistant director of the institute's excavations at Qadesh, and as the director of excavations in Jordan for the British Museum. He is a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and chairman of Archaeology Abroad as well as the Palestine Exploration Fund. He is the author of Bible Lands.
