Canadian-born underwater archaeologist and novelist. Gibbins learned to scuba dive at the age of 15 in Canada, and dived under ice, on shipwrecks and in caves while he was still at school. He has led numerous underwater archaeology expeditions around the world, including five seasons excavating ancient Roman shipwrecks off Sicily and a survey of the submerged harbor of ancient Carthage.
In 1999-2000 he was part of an international team excavating a 5th century BC shipwreck off Turkey. His many publications on ancient shipwreck sites have appeared in scientific journals, books and popular magazines. Most recently his fieldwork has taken him to the Arctic Ocean, to Mesoamerica and to the Great Lakes in Canada.
Books in order of publication:
Jack Howard Series
Atlantis – 2005
Crusader Gold – 2006
The Last Gospel – 2008
The Tiger Warrior – 2009
The Mask of Troy – 2010
The Gods of Atlantis – 2011
Pharaoh – 2013
Pyramid – 2014
Testament – 2016
Inquisition – 2018
Total War Series
Destroy Carthage – 2013
The Sword of Attila – 2015
Non-Fiction
Shipwrecks and Hellenistic trade – 2001
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks – 2024
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