Frank Lee Holt is an American archaeologist and author focusing on

Central Asia Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...

. He is an Associate Professor of History at the

University of Houston The University of Houston (; ) is a Public university, public research university in Houston, Texas, United States. It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, a coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in ...

, and is recognized as one of the leading authorities on

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

, Hellenistic Asia, and numismatics. Holt received his PhD in History from the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a Public university#United States, public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson and contains his The Lawn, Academical Village, a World H ...

. Holt has written five books and almost fifty articles, primarily concerning

and the

Hellenization Hellenization or Hellenification is the adoption of Greek culture, religion, language, and identity by non-Greeks. In the ancient period, colonisation often led to the Hellenisation of indigenous people in the Hellenistic period, many of the ...

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...

Books

*''Alexander the Great and Bactria: The Formation of a Greek Frontier in Central Asia'' (published in 1989) *''Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions (published in 2003) *''Thundering Zeus'' (published in 2005) *''Into the Land of Bones'' (published in 2006) *''The Treasures of Alexander the Great: How One Man's Wealth Shaped the World'' (published in 2016)

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University of Houston biography
Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Central Asian studies scholars American archaeologists University of Virginia alumni University of Houston faculty {{US-archaeologist-stub