Ted is independent scholar, writer, and founder of EpicArchaeology.org. For over a decade, Ted has been a speaker on Christian apologetics as well as Biblical Archaeology across North America & internationally. In addition to public speaking, Ted was the former Executive and Teaching Director of CrossExamined.org. Ted has also appeared on numerous television and radio programs including the History Channel’s TV miniseries – “Mankind: The Story of All of Us,” as well as CNN’s documentary on the historical resurrection of Jesus, “Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery.” Ted has also served as adjunct professor of apologetics at Southern Evangelical Seminary as well as Charlotte Christian College and Theological Seminary, where he has taught for over a decade. Ted has a B.A. in Anthropology from the Cobb Institute of Archaeology at Mississippi State University. As an undergraduate Ted worked as research lab assistant on Phase III (1992-1999) of the Lahav Research  Project from Tel Halif. In 2014 Ted served as assistant square supervisor in the excavations at Khirbet el-Maqatir in Israel (the Biblical city of Ai) with ABR (Associate for Biblical Research), where he is a professional associate & researcher. Ted is currently a team member of the Agri Regional Archaeological Survey in Eastern Turkey, co-sponsored by Andrews University in the U.S., and Istanbul University in Turkey.