Dr. David Gill is Reader in Ancient History. He is a former Rome Scholar at the British School at Rome, and was a Sir James Knott Fellow at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. He was previously a member of the Department of Antiquities at the Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

Current research

Dr. Gill’s current research projects include:

• Archaeological ethics
• History of archaeology
• Euesperides, Cyrenaica

Principal publications

• Research Publications

Book chapters and journal articles

• ‘Inscribed silver plate from Tomb II at Vergina: Chronological implications’, Hesperia 77, 2 (2008):335–358.
• [and P. Flecks] ‘Defining domestic space at Euesperides, Cyrenaica: Archaic structures on the Sidi Abeid’, in R. Westgate, N. Fisher, and J. Whitley (eds.), Building communities: House, settlement and society in the Aegean and beyond. British School at Athens Studies 15. London: British School at Athens, 2007. 205–211.
• ‘Arsinoe in the Peloponnese: The Ptolemaic base on the Methana peninsula,’ in T. Schneider and K. Szpakowska (eds.), Egyptian Stories: A British Egyptological tribute to Alan B. Lloyd. Alter Orient und Altes Testament 347. Munster: Ugarit-Verlag, 2007. 87–110.
• [with Christopher Chippindale] ‘From Malibu to Rome: Further developments on the return of antiquities’, International Journal of Cultural Property 14 (2007):205–240.
• ‘Harry Pirie-Gordon: Historical research, journalism and intelligence gathering in the eastern Mediterranean (1908–18)’, Intelligence and National Security 21 (2006):1045–1059.