Johannes Becker studied Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Freiburg. After his graduation, he became a PhD-student at Heidelberg University. Furthermore, he has been a research assistant at the Ruhr-University Bochum since 2012. His research interests lie in the Aegean and the interconnections within the Eastern Mediterranean Bronze Age. Within the scope of his PhD-project, he studies the large-scale landscape paintings from Tell el-Dab’a.