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HAMDAN TAHA is an independent researcher and former Deputy Minister for Heritage in the Palestinian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities. He served as Director General of the newly established Department of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage from 1994–2012. He has directed a series of research and salvage excavations in Palestine. He acted as National Coordinator of the World Heritage File in Palestine from 2002–2014, and is currently Coordinator of the Palestine History and Heritage Project, for which he has recently co-authored an introductory volume, New Critical Approach to the History of Palestine. He is the author of many books, field reports and scholarly articles.