x Advisers and Contributors Channel and will appear in their 2007 series Cities of the Underworld as an expert on underground Rome and Naples of the former Yugoslavia) and focus on Neolithic and historic archaeology and ethnographic material culture Marie Passanante is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies at Brown University Kelly-Anne Diamond Reed, Ph.D., teaches ancient Egyptian history and archaeology at Villanova University’s Department of History She is investigating early Egyptian funerary rituals and burial customs William H Peck teaches at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, and the University of Michigan, Dearborn He was for many years the curator of ancient art at the Detroit Institute of Arts and is at present a member of the Brooklyn Museum excavations in Egypt at Karnak He is the author of Drawings from Ancient Egypt (1987) and numerous contributions to reference books and encyclopedias on the ancient world David Petechuk is a freelance writer specializing in educational texts focusing on the sciences, literature, and history The former director of publications for the health sciences at the University of Pittsburgh, he is the author of The Respiratory System (2004), LSD (2005), and Health & Medical Issues Today: Organ Transplantation (2006) Mark Anthony Phelps is taking a leave after teaching continuously since 1994 (primarily at Drury University, in five different departments) to finish his dissertation at the University of Arkansas entitled “Sewage from the Orontes: Roman Elite Attitudes toward Ecstatic Religion in the 3rd and 4th centuries c.e.” This degree in ancient Mediterranean history augments his graduate degrees from Harvard and Johns Hopkins in Hebrew Bible and ancient Near Eastern languages and cultures His research interests reflected in his writings are widely eclectic, spanning Paleolithic to contemporary society and including the disciplines of archaeology, linguistics, cultural anthropology, physical geography, historical geography, classical history, ancient Near Eastern history, medieval history, modern history, religion, and biblical history Jen Piro is a Ph.D candidate in anthropological archaeology at New York University Her dissertation research focuses on the development of pastoral economies in Early Bronze Age Transcaucasia Karen Radner, Ph.D., is lecturer in ancient Near Eastern history at University College, London She specializes in the Assyrian Empire and is the author of Die neuassyrischen Texte aus Tall Seh Hamad (2002), Das mittelassyrische Tontafelarchiv von Giricano/Dunnu-sa-Uzibi (2004) and Die Macht des Namens: Altorientalische Strategien zur Selbsterhaltung (2005) Judith A Rasson, Ph.D., teaches in the Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest (a post-graduate American-accredited university) Her research interests lie in southeastern Europe (especially the countries Duane W Roller is professor of Greek and Latin at Ohio State University Trained as an archaeologist, he has over 30 years’ experience in field archaeology in numerous Mediterranean countries He is the author of The Building Program of Herod the Great (1998), The World of Juba II and Kleopatra Selene (2003), and Through the Pillars of Herakles (2006) as well as many other publications in history, classics, and archaeology Kelley L Ross, Ph.D., teaches philosophy at Los Angeles Valley College He specializes in Kantian epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, with emphasis on members of the Friesian tradition—Jakob Fries, Leonard Nelson, Rudolf Otto, Sir Karl Popper, and others Since 1996 he has been the publisher and editor of the online philosophy journal Proceedings of the Friesian School, Fourth Series Edward M W A Rowlands, M.Phil., has research interests in Mycenaean political geography, trade, and religion Lucas G Rubin, Ph.D., develops master of science programs for Columbia University He was previously administrator of the university’s Center for Archaeology, where he managed multiple excavations and projects His research and scholarship have focused on fires and firefighters in ancient Rome Michael M Sage, Ph.D., teaches classics and ancient history in the Classics Department at the University of Cincinnati His main areas of study are historiography and military history He is the author of Cyprian: A Biography (1975) and Warfare in Ancient Greece: A Sourcebook (1996) Rick Schulting, Ph.D., is a lecturer in scientific and prehistoric archaeology at the University of Oxford His current research interests lie in understanding the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in western Europe, emphasizing the use of radiometric dating and stable isotope analysis, and in skeletal evidence for interpersonal violence in earlier prehistoric Europe David R Sear, a fellow of the Royal Numismatic Society in London and the American Numismatic Society in New York, has authored an extensive range of numismatic books over the past four decades, aimed at collectors and students of ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine coinage He has been a resident of Los Angeles for the past 25 years and operates a research service authenticating ancient coinage His