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  If you were looking for Patrick Hunt as a young boy, you would have often
found him high up in a favorite tree with a book. He discovered Bach as a
young teenager and taught himself to play Bach’s Two-Part Inventions on the piano because his family could not afford music lessons. Now his love of teaching and creative ventures form a strong signature for his life.

Patrick has followed several of his life-long dreams - archaeologist, writer, historian – while teaching the last eighteen years at Stanford University. (...read more)


Hannibal Expedition - National Geographic Society 2008

Patrick Hunt, Director. Since 1994, the Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project has explored, excavated and conducted first-hand archaeological research in the Alps. In addition to ongoing excavation in the Grand-St-Bernard pass between Switzerland and Italy, at least every other year we have tracked Hannibal’s passage through the Alps in 218 BCE with his army of men and elephants to the astonishment of the Romans. Each summer we have tracked Hannibal’s historic route through the Alps using the accounts of Polybius and Livy as our source texts...
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Patrick was a featured scholar on the National Geographic Explorer TV program " Death of the Ice Man" premiered on April 1, 2008.



Patrick has been one of the featured scholars on several documentary TV productions from 2006-2009, including PBS, History Channel... (more)

May, 2008 published on Patrick's Hannibal Expedition



Archaeology Book Release:
"Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History
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"If any global archaeologist were asked to name the top ten archaeological discoveries that have made the greatest impact on archaeology and history, most lists would be likely to unanimously mention the following huge impact discoveries: the Rosetta Stone, Pompeii, Nineveh, Troy, King Tut's Tomb ...
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  New York Times Magazine (9/19/08)
cited Patrick Hunt's iTunes podcast:
'How Hannibal Crossed the Alps'

"The top of the iTunes U chart features ... provocative titles like “How Did Hannibal Cross the Alps?” by Patrick Hunt of Stanford (audio only) ... " --New York Times Magazine




New York Times bestselling author, James Geary of GEARY'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD'S BEST APHORISTS (2007) has written in September 2008 about Patrick Hunt as a 'damn fine aphorist' and also listed a few of Patrick's sample aphorisms



 

  ARCHAEOLOGY magazine
Jan/Feb 2007 features Patrick's Hannibal research.


  Alpine archaeology is a specialized field, where normal archaeological principles ...

Available in 2007 onward

  If any global archaeologist were asked to name the top ten archaeological discoveries ...

Available in 2007 onward

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