Dr Brent Davis received his undergraduate degree in Linguistics from Stanford University. In 2011, he completed his PhD at the University of Melbourne on Minoan ritual vessels and Linear A, the undeciphered script of the Minoans.
His thesis will be published in book-form in early 2014 as #36 in the prestigious Aegaeum series. With a background in both archaeology and linguistics, his interests include not only the ancient cultures of the eastern Mediterranean, but their languages and scripts as well. He has published numerous articles and chapters on Minoan culture and script, as well as on archaeological theory, and he has taught many subjects in Classics and Archaeology, including Ancient Egyptian. He has undertaken several years of archaeological fieldwork at Tell-es Safi/Gath (Israel), the site of a major Philistine city.
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Like Dolmen, Like Dromos: Contextualizing the Solar Orientations of Some Mycenaean Tholoi
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How do you crack the code to a lost ancient script?
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Cypro-Minoan in Marking Systems of the Eastern and Central Mediterranean: New Insights int..
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Lucky discoveries of lost ancient history
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The symbolism of the scorpion in minoan religion: A cosmological approach on the basis of ..
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An ivory bowl from Early Iron Age Tell es-Safi/Gath (Israel): manufacture, meaning and mem..
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Disentangling Entangled Objects: Iron Age Inscriptions from Philistia as a Reflection of C..
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
The Michael Ventris Award for Mycenaean Studies 2019
Postgraduate Travel Grant, USD $313
Recognition for Outstanding Academic Achievement in 2007, Dean's Awards
Spencer-Pappas Travel Grant, AUD $694
Jessie Webb Fellowship, AUD $13,000
Alma Hansen Scholarship, AUD $8,000
William Culican Memorial Award for Archaeology and Ancient History, AUD $500
Australian Postgraduate Award, AUD $61,281
HONFSHPS - Honorary Fellow, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Lecturer In Archaeology
Historical And Philosophical Studies
Member
Archaeological Institute of America
Study Specialist (Ancient Egypt)
VCAA Examination Development Panel
Early Career Researcher Member
American Schools of Oriental Research
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Postgraduate Diploma
University of Melbourne
Graduate Diploma
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Arts
Stanford University