Emad Matin

Emad Matin is a trained field archaeologist whose research focuses on cultural interactions in Western Asia during the 1st millennium BC. His main research interests include landscape, urbanism, architecture, construction techniques, and iconography of this period. He places particular emphasis on artistic evidence related to the ideological framework that led to the formation of the Achaemenid Empire.

He has been a Tenure Track Researcher (RTT) since May 2026, where he teaches courses in the archaeology of Western and Central Asia. He has directed and participated in several archaeological projects and has been active in various investigations in Persepolis within the framework of the “Iranian-Italian Joint Archaeological Mission in Fars”. He is currently a member of the joint Armenian-Italian archaeological mission at Lake Sevan (Armenia).