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Bruno Overlaet, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor 

E-mail: b.overlaet@kmkg-mrah.be

Subjects taught:
  • History of Art

Education:
Ph.D. in Archaeology - 2000
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium

Research Interests:
  • Near Eastern and Central Asian archaeology with a strong focus on Iran and Luristan; cultural exchange along the Great Silk Route
  • Contacts between the Roman world and the Parthian & Sasanian empires
  • Climate change and its impact on the ancient Near East

Select Publications:
The Kalleh Nisar Bronze Age graveyard in Pusht-i Kuh, Luristan, E. Haerinck & B. Overlaet, Acta Iranica 46, Leuven, 2008, 223 p.

The Early Iron Age in the Pusht-i Kuh, Luristan, B. Overlaet, Acta Iranica 40, Leuven, 2003, 668 p.

Ancient Tapestries of the R. Pfister Collection in the Vatican Library, Città del Vaticana, 1999, 305 p. S. Daemen, D. De Jonghe, A. De Moor, B. Overlaet, M. Rassart-Debergh.

Languages:
English, Dutch, French and German

Nationality:
Belgian