Julian Heath was educated at the University of Liverpool where he studied Archaeology and Egyptology. He has since gone on to write and illustrate several books such as _Archaeological Hotspots Egypt: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists_; _Stories from Ancient Egypt_ (with Joyce Tyldesley) and _Warfare in Neolithic Europe_. He has also worked on archaeological excavations in both Europe and Egypt, and taught archaeological illustration at the University of Liverpool.