Appointment period: 1/10/2026 – 30/9/2029

Dr. Noé Michael is an archaeologist specializing in the archaeology of the Southern Levant, with a particular focus on Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. He is currently a researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich), where his work focuses on funerary practices and cultural and religious transformations in the Negev. 

His current research includes the archaeological investigation of the necropolis of Tel Malhata. 

He is also affiliated with the Islamic Archaeology Research Unit at the University of Bonn. His broader research interests include landscape archaeology, settlement patterns, funerary archaeology, Christianisation, and the transition from the Byzantine to the Early Islamic period.

E-mail: n.michael@lmu.de