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 fifteen years at Stanford University. (...read more)
Current Event: Hannibal Expedition - National Geographic Society 2008
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. This summer we will again track Hannibal’s historic route through the Alps using the accounts of Polybius and Livy as our source texts... Read More.
New Book Release: "Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History" "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 ... Read Info.
"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
