Patrick Hunt (born 1951 in

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) is an American

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and

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Research

Dr. Patrick Hunt has directed the Stanford University ''Alpine Archaeology Project'' since 1994. The project involves leading a team of researchers and students to the Swiss, Italian, and French Alps for various archaeological projects. In one project, Hunt researches the history of Celtic and Roman presence in the region of the

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. In 1996 he discovered the

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for a temple of

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in the region of the pass. In 2003 he directed a team of researchers and students that discovered a hoard of Roman silver coins at an archaeological site in the Swiss Alps. In the ''Hannibal Expedition 2007-2008'' sponsored by

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, Hunt searched for artifacts of Hannibal's crossing of the

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in 218 BC, during the Second Punic War. Hunt has investigated 25 alpine passes and is favouring Col de Clapier as the most likely route. Hunt has broken all together 30 bones in accidents in alpine research; among these is a fracture of his leg in 2002 while doing lichenological research at

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in the

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, and some smaller fractures since. He has been a

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of the Royal Geographical Society since 1989. Hunt's latest publications also deal with the artists Rembrandt and Caravaggio. In 2011, he was the expert on the Hannibal team for Spike's TV show Deadliest Warrior.

Works

;Monographs * Caravaggio (Life & Times), 2004, * Rembrandt: His Life in Art, 2006, * Alpine Archaeology, 2007, * Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History, 2007, * Hannibal, 2017, ;Articles
Rembrandt and the Rembrandthuis Museum, Amsterdam

The Role of Silenus and Isabella d’Este

Artist David Roberts and Near Eastern Archaeology

References

External links

Personal Website

* ttp://fora.tv/2008/02/02/Ten_Discoveries_that_Rewrote_History#Ghosts_Of_Machu_Picchu Lecture on "Ten Discoveries that Rewrote History" (Video)
Stanford Archaeolog posting by Hunt, re: the Hannibal Expedition
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