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Public figure
Michael Shanks Silver
British archaeologist
Michael Shanks is a British archaeologist. Born 1959 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Associated with Stanford University, University of Wales Trinity Saint David - Lampeter Campus.
At a glance
Gold- Born
- 1959-06-26, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Occupations
- anthropologist, art historian, archaeologist, university teacher, historian, academic, classical scholar
- Fields
- classics
Education and professional journey
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Education
- Peterhouse
- Whitley Bay High School
Personal journey
- Languages
- English
Due diligence
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What we have, and what we might have wrong
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- Wikidata, as of 3 Oct 2026. Community-curated knowledge base (CC0)
- Wikimedia Commons. Photo, see the file page for licence
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