Robert A CarterDr. Robert Carter took a first-class degree in Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford, before obtaining his MA and Ph.D. at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL), where he began his archaeological career. He has since wored throughout Arabia and the Gulf, conducting surveys and excavations in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ras Al Khaimah, Fujairah, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran. He has taught and researched at various British universities, and from 2011 to 2019 was Senior Lecturer and then Full Professor at UCL Qatar. Following this, he held senior advisory roles at the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, where he provided most of the content and narrative for the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Muharraq Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy, and then at Qatar Museums, dealing with numerous aspects of archaeology, cultural heritage, and strategic planning. He has been awarded various scholarships, grants, and prizes, was chair of the Seminar for Arabian Studies from 2005 to 2011, and is a Trustee for the International Association for the Study of Arabia (IASA). Read More Read Less