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Dr. Ido Koch serves as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University and co-directs the Tel Hadid Expedition. His expertise centers on Southern Levant archaeology across Bronze and Iron Age periods, with specialized focus on Egyptian colonial interactions in the Late Bronze Age and Assyrian resettlement dynamics following the 722 BCE conquest of Israel.
Research specialties include:
- Archaeology of the Southern Levant
- Bronze Age Archaeology
- Iron Age Archaeology
- Egyptian-Levantine Relations
- Assyrian Empire and Deportations
His seminal 2018 monograph The Shadow of Egypt analyzes Egyptian-Levantine colonial encounters, while Tel Hadid excavations provide critical evidence of Assyrian deportation practices in Samaria. Current fieldwork continues to illuminate cultural transitions during Israel's transformative Iron Age periods through material culture analysis.
As expedition co-director, Koch leads interdisciplinary teams investigating settlement patterns and cultural hybridity at this strategically significant site near Lod, contributing foundational data to Near Eastern historical archaeology.
