He was educated in the United Kingdom, reading Archaeology of Western Asiatics at the University of London, and graduated with a doctoral degree in 1991. He has excavated a number of sites including Tell Hamoukar in Syria and one possibly associated with Ghengis Khan’s final resting place in Mongolia. Mr. Al-Azm served as Director of Scientific and Conservation Laboratories at the General Department of Antiquities and Museums in Syria (1999-2004) and taught at the University of Damascus until 2006. From 2006 to 2009, he was a visiting assistant professor at Brigham Young University.