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Dr. Michael Scott Michael's passion of the ancient world led him to read Classics at Christ's College, Cambridge where he gained a 1st class degree and masters while studying in Italy, France, Germany, Greece and the UK. He took his love of the ancient history and archaeology to the next level embarking on a PhD at Cambridge where he split his time between Cambridge and Athens studying the three subjects never to be mentioned - ancient Greek sex, politics and religion! In Cambridge, Michael was the Professor Lee and Sandy's Research student, while in Athens he was a scholar of the French Archaeological School. Along the way, he picked up three languages (French, Modern Greek and Italian), a taste for ouzo and raki, an interest in fencing and glider planes and some research experience in the antiquities art market. As a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellow, he also developed considerable expertise in helping museums across the USA, Canada and the UK to make their collections more appealing to 21st century audiences.

In 2007, aged only 26, Michael became Dr Michael and he is now the Moses Finley Research Fellow in ancient history at Darwin College, Cambridge where he is a popular lecturer for Classics, History and Art History. He divides his time between researching and teaching in Cambridge and Athens, giving lectures across Europe and working with schools across the UK to promote the study of the ancient world. Bringing the ancient world to our new world, Michael often lectures on cruise ships around the Mediterranean. He also brings his passion and knowledge to our screens as presenter of programmes including Ancient Discoveries (where he was investigating ancient spying, oracles of the dead, great sea battles, ancient luxuries and methods of death), Ancient Sex (where he was looking at Greek and Roman perceptions of Egyptian sexuality) and the series Ancient Tyrants (where he looked at Alexander the Great and Cleopatra) for the History Channel. Michael's first documentary for BBC4 is about Delphi and will be shown later this year. As author of popular history books, Michael's first book 'From Democrats to Kings' hit the shelves in 2009, followed by his second book the ancient sanctuaries of Delphi and Olympia (Cambridge University Press). Taking time out from research in the library, Michael has also embarked on several extreme endurance charity fund raising events: hiking, biking, rafting and kayaking across Costa Rica, dragon boat racing around the Venetian lagoon and re-creating the ancient world by running the route of the first ever Marathon in Athens. Michael's own website - www.michaelcscott.com Michael is represented by Sue Rider Management Terms of Use