Benjamin Cross

Benjamin Cross is an archaeologist and writer based in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with an MPhil in Landscape Archaeology from the University of Oxford. As well as excavating archaeological sites across the UK, he's been lucky enough to explore some of the world's most spectacular ancient sites; from the temples of Cambodia to the Andean cloud forest cities of Peru; from the burial sites of the Tibetan plateau to the Maori strongholds of New Zealand. He is now an associate director of Heritage and...See more

Benjamin Cross is an archaeologist and writer based in Carmarthenshire, Wales, with an MPhil in Landscape Archaeology from the University of Oxford. As well as excavating archaeological sites across the UK, he's been lucky enough to explore some of the world's most spectacular ancient sites; from the temples of Cambodia to the Andean cloud forest cities of Peru; from the burial sites of the Tibetan plateau to the Maori strongholds of New Zealand. He is now an associate director of Heritage and Archaeology at a national consultancy and is a member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. Colony is Benjamin's first novel and it was written whilst he worked full-time as a professional archaeologist. See less