About the Author

Nadia Durrani

Brian Fagan is one of the world's leading archaeological writers and an internationally recognized authority on world prehistory. He is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of several widely read books on ancient climate change. Nadia Durrani is a Cambridge University-trained archaeologist and author with a PhD in Arabian archaeology from University College, London. She is a former editor of Current Archaeology and Current World Archaeology magazines and has extensive experience in writing about archaeology for a wider audience.