Professor of Classical Archaeology at Charles University, Prague; Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Department of Classical Studies, Institute of Classical Studies of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Prof. Bažant belongs among the most prominent and internationally renowned Czech classical archaeologists. His scholarly interests range from issues of Classical studies to Art history, semiotics of art to iconology. He has lectured at various scholarly institutions throughout Europe and participated in major international Classical Studies publishing and research projects. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International journal EIRENE. —from the author's website Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.