Professor Emmanuel Anati is President of CISPE (International Centre for Prehistoricand Ethnologic studies, Italy) and Chairman of UISPP-CISENP (Union International des Sciences Prehistoriques et Protohistoriques Commission Internationale Scientifique "Les expressions intellectuelles et spirituelles des peoples sans ecriture").He is founder and Honorary President of Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici in Capo di Ponte, Italy.Born in Florence, Italy, Anati has studied in three continents. He was trained in history and archaeology at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel (B.A. and M.A.), in Anthropology and Social Sciences at Harvard University, Ma, USA (A.M.), in Ethnologyand Prehistory at the Sorbonne, Paris, France (Docteur es Lettres), and had post-doctoral training at Oxford University (UK). He has been Professor of Prehistory at Tel-Aviv University, Israel and Professor Ordinarius of Palaeo-ethnology at the University of Lecce, Italy. He has taught in other universities and research institutes in Italy, France, the United Kingdom, Israel, the UnitedStates and Canada.His main scientific interests are the art and religion of prehistoric and tribal cultures. He has conducted research in Western Europe, the Near East, India, and other countries.Anati's work in Valcamonica, where he founded and heads the Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici, has led to UNESCO's inclusion of the rock art of this Alpine valley in its list of World Cultural Heritage. In Valcamonica he created a school for specialization in prehistoric art.He created the publishing house "Edizioni del Centro" specialized in non-fiction scientific topics, which published over 100 titles on art, archaeology and anthropology.For thirty years he has led the Italian Expedition to Har Karkom, in the Negev Desert.The discovery of numerous sanctuaries and other exceptional findings have led to the controversial identification of this mountain with the Biblical Mount Sinai awakening aworld-wide scientific debate.On behalf of UNESCO and various governments he has served as consultant for the creation and development of archaeological reserves and parks, museums, major exhibitions and other field projects. He is the founder of the International Committee on Rock Art (CAR) of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). For nine years he served as thefirst Chairman of the Executive Board. He has organized international congresses and seminars on prehistoric and tribal art, planned and developed large exhibitions, and has stimulated a broad international movement in this discipline.Anati has edited several prestigious publications. He is the director of the periodical,"World Journal of Prehistoric and Tribal Art" (BCSP). He headed the series "The Footstepsof Man" for the Cambridge University Press, and the series "Le Orme dell'Uomo" for Jaca Book, Milan. He has written over 70 volumes and numerous monographs for leading publishers in Europe and America. Works by Anati have been published in over twenty languages.