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LOCATION: Stanford, California, United States

Websites : About Patrick Hunt, Archaeological Institute of America

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BIOGRAPHY

Patrick Hunt (Ph.D., Institute of Archaeology, UCL, University of London, 1991) is an archaeologist and historian who has taught at Stanford University since 1993. National Geographic Society’s Expedition Council sponsored his Hannibal Expedition in 2007–08. He was Director of the Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project from 1994 to 2012 and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (London) in 1989. Hunt is also a National Lecturer for the Archaeological Institute of America and an Explorer for National Geographic Learning.

Hunt’s articles on a range of topics, including Hannibal and Carthage, can be found in Journal of Roman Archaeology, Studia Phoenicia, World Archaeology, and Wiley-Blackwell’s Encyclopedia of Ancient History, among others. He has authored 15 books including Alpine Archaeology (2007), Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History (2007), and Hannibal (2017).

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Articles

Carthage

Carthage, great city of antiquity on the north coast of Africa, now a residential suburb of the city of Tunis, Tunisia. Built on a promontory on the Tunisian coast, it was placed to influence and control ships passing between Sicily and the North African coast as they traversed the Mediterranean…

Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus

Maharbal

Battle of Trasimene

Battle of the Trebbia River

Gaius Claudius Nero

Publications (3)

Hannibal (July 2017)

By Patrick N Hunt

One of the greatest commanders of the ancient world brought vividly to life: Hannibal, the brilliant general who successfully crossed the Alps with his war elephants and brought Rome to its knees.Hannibal Barca of Carthage, born 247 BC, was one of the great generals of the ancient world. His father, Hamilcar, was also a great strategist and master tactician who imposed Carthaginian rule over much of present-day Spain. After Hamilcar led the Carthaginian forces against Rome in the First...

Alpine Archaeology (March 2007)

By Patrick Hunt

Patrick Hunt¿s Alpine Archaeology is born out of more than a decade of widespread high altitude archaeological field research in the Alps. The observations in this research study were made over time in a number of different field seasons and therefore, gradually built up over the years. The author conducted this study while directing the Stanford Alpine Archaeological Project. Alpine archaeology is a specialized field where normal archaeological principles such as stratigraphy, pedology, data recording,...

Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History (September 2007)

By Patrick Hunt

The world’s greatest archaeological finds and what they tell us about lost civilizationsRenowned archaeologist Patrick Hunt brings his top ten list of ancient archaeological discoveries to life in this concise and captivating book. The Rosetta Stone, Troy, Nineveh's Assyrian Library, King Tut’s Tomb, Machu Picchu, Pompeii, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Thera, Olduvai Gorge, and the Tomb of 10,000 Warriors—Hunt reveals the fascinating stories of these amazing discoveries and explains the ways in...