Dr. Waleed Atrash is a graduate of Haifa University with a PhD in classical archaeology. Has been working at the Antiquities Authority since 1987 and is a senior researcher and archaeological excavator responsible for classical excavations, field supervision of archaeological excavations, and the guidance of researchers and archaeologists. He is engaged in writing scientific reports concerning the excavations in Bisan and Tiberias, among others, and has published six scientific books and over 70 articles. He edits Hajar al-Zawiya (Cornerstone) journal that covers archaeological sites and which to date has published ten issues, the latest of which is titled Book of the City of Jerusalem: From the Stone Age to the Ottoman Era (in Arabic).