Michael Shanks (archaeologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Michael Shanks (archaeologist)

British archaeologist

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1959

Place of Birth: Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Profession: historian, university teacher, art historian, archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Michael Shanks (born 1959, Newcastle upon Tyne) is a British archaeologist specializes in classical archaeology and archaeological theory.
He received his BA, MA and PhD from Cambridge University, and was a lecturer at the University of Wales, Lampeter before moving to the U.S.
in 1999 to take up a Chair in Classics at Stanford University.