[...] How did you get interested in archaeology? "It all started when I was in Anthropology 101 and the professor asked if would anyone would be interested in volunteering for an archaeology dig (in Israel) and I said yes, thinking of Indiana Jones. When I got there it was a shock as they gave us a pick axe and we started digging. I found out I would rather dig through history with a pen." Do you still go on digs? "Yes. I love the discovery, the fact that you are touching something that hasn't been touched for 2,000 years and everything you find has a story behind it." Where do you get your ideas from? "It really is always a moment of inspiration. For "Nefertiti", it started with a visit to her bust in Berlin and I just I wanted to know her story. It was a similar story for "Cleopatra's Daughter". I was doing an underwater dive to see the lost city of Alexandria and you see over 10,000 artefacts down there. As soon as I came up I had to know more about Cleopatra and as soon as I discovered what her daughter had lived through, I had to tell her story." [...]