Patrick Hunt (Ph.D., Institute of Archaeology, UCL, University of London, 1991) is an archaeologist, art historian, and biographer. He has been teaching humanities, especially archaeology, mythology and the arts, at Stanford University since 1993. His Hannibal Expedition was sponsored in 2007-2008 by the National Geographic Society’s Expedition Council. He is Director of the Stanford Alpine Archaeology Project 1994-2010. He was named to Who's Who in Biblical Studies by the Biblical Archaeology Society in 1993 and elected as a Fellow to the Royal Geographical Society in London since 1989. Hunt is also a National Lecturer 2009-2010 for the Archaeological Institute of America.

Hunt’s published books include: CARAVAGGIO (2004); HOUSE OF THE MUSE (2005), which he also illustrated; REMBRANDT (2006); ALPINE ARCHAEOLOGY (2007); and TEN DISCOVERIES THAT REWROTE HISTORY (2007). He recreated Greek myths as short stories in his book MYTHS FOR ALL TIME (2007). His other books, RENAISSANCE VISIONS: MYTH AND ART, and another, a biblical literature study POETRY IN THE SONG OF SONGS, were published in 2008. His book published in 2009 was CLOUD SHADOWS OF OLYMPUS. In addition, Hunt has many peer-reviewed journal, encyclopedia and book chapter articles in many archaeological and biblical publications. Articles about his Hannibal research have been published in National Geographic (Europe 2008) and in Archaeology Magazine (2007) as well as an iTunes Stanford lecture on Hannibal mentioned in the New York Times Magazine in 2008. Hunt is a frequent featured scholar on documentaries, including National Geographic Explorer TV, PBS and on History Channel.