José María Luzón Nogué is professor of Archaeology at Universidad Complutense in Madrid and a permanent member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. He has been director general for Fine Arts and Archives, as well as director of the Museo Arqueológico Nacional and the Museo del Prado. Prominent among his excavations are those carried out in Italica, a city on which he has published major studies.