Join us for a weekend of "Digging Deeper - Archaeology and the World of the Bible," with University of Iowa scholar and archaeologist, Dr. Robert Cargill!
Dr. Robert Cargill is the Roger A. Hornsby Associate Professor in the Classics at The University of Iowa. He is a scholar of Jewish and biblical studies, archaeologist, author, and digital humanist.
His recent books include Melchizedek, King of Sodom: How Scribes Invented the Biblical Priest-King (Oxford University Press, 2019) and The Cities That Built the Bible (HarperOne, 2016).
A specialist in public-facing scholarship, you can see him regularly on CNN, History, Discovery, and Nat Geo, where he contributes and consults on shows like Nat Geo’s "Writing the Dead Sea Scrolls," CNN’s "Finding Jesus" and "Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury," History’s "Bible Secrets Revealed," "Jesus: His Life," "Colosseum," and "Ancient Empires," and most recently Netflix's "Mysteries of the Faith." He is a regular contributor on “History’s Greatest Mysteries with Lawrence Fishburne,” “The UnXplained with William Shatner,” “Mysteries Unearthed with Danny Trejo,” and “Holy Marvels with Dennis Quaid,” all of which appear on the History Channel. He also served as script consultant and an on-screen contributor for the series “Jesus: Crown of Thorns” streaming on Fox Nation.
He has excavated at Banias, Omrit, Haẓor, and at Azekah with Tel Aviv University, where he has been a Visiting Professor.
