Philip Betancourt


Philip P. Betancourt is an American archaeologist, author, and a specialist in the Aegean Bronze Age. He was the Laura H. Carnell at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World and the Department of the History of Art. He previously served as the Director of the Institute for Aegean Prehistory. Betancourt received his Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

Personal life

Betancourt's sons are author and publisher John Gregory Betancourt, and artist and critical theorist Michael Betancourt.

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