Dr. David Kertai

David Kertai is the curator of the ancient Near Eastern collections at the National Museum of Antiquities, the Netherlands. He has degrees in architecture, ancient history and archaeology and obtained his doctoral degree in 2012 in Heidelberg with a dissertation on Assyrian palace architecture and kingship (2015, The Architecture of Late Assyrian Royal Palaces; Oxford University Press).

He has taught and conducted research at, amongst others, University College London, New York University, and the Freie Universität Berlin and has participated in archaeological projects in Iraq, Syria, and Turkey since 2005.