Gillian Hovell is an ancient historian and an archaeologist.  She previously worked at BBC Television and is an award-winning writer, presenter on TV and radio, public speaker and lecturer, specialising in archaeology, ancient history and prehistory.  She graduated with Honours in Latin & Ancient History at UK’s Exeter University; prehistory and the Greek and Roman ancient worlds have remained at the heart of her life ever since.  Gillian is actively involved in digs at major sites, including Orkney's famous Ness of Brodgar Neolithic site and sites around the Roman Empire.  She also lectures internationally and across the United Kingdom, including at the British Museum’s Ancient Greek collections and for the University of York. Her extensive expertise in inspiring guests on countless tours and cruises stretches from the northern isles to the many eras and cultures of Ancient Greece and, indeed, every ancient civilisation around the shores of the Mediterranean (the subject of her next book).  Gillian looks forward to sharing  how archaeological finds and sites are full of human life and passion, and that history and archaeology are not just about the past, they’re everywhere, and they add color, depth and meaning to our lives today.