Adnan AlMohammad
Researcher
Honorary Research Fellow, Department of History, Classics and Archaeology, Birkbeck College, University of London
Adnan Almohamad is a Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of History, Classics and Archaeology at Birkbeck, University of London, and a Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University. He is also a Fellow with Cara Syria Programme. His Master's degree in Archaeology of the Ancient Near East and Egypt was awarded by Charles de Gaulle University-France. From 2009 to 2014, he worked in the Department of Excavation and Archaeological Studies of the General Directorate of Antiquities and Museums of Syria, and during the same time period he lectured on ancient ceramics at the Department of Archaeology at the University of Aleppo. His research interests are in the area of upper Euphrates of Syria, and destruction and preservation of cultural heritage. His current work focuses on documenting the looting and destruction of archaeological sites in northern Syria and the relationships of local communities in Syria with their cultural heritage before and during the war.