Robin Andrew Evelyn Coningham, FSA, FRAS (born 2 December 1965) is a British archaeologist and academic, specialising in South Asian archaeology and archaeological ethics.
He has been Professor of Early Medieval Archaeology since 2005 and UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage since 2014 at the University of Durham.
[1][2][3] Coningham led the excavation of the Maya Devi Temple in Lumbini, Nepal; an ancient Buddhist temple situated at the site traditionally considered the birthplace of Buddha.
[4] In 1994, Coningham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS).
[5] On 4 February 2016, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London (FSA).