Dr. Theodore (Ted) Papakostas is an archaeologist. He was born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Archaeology from the University of Reading and his MA in Prehistoric Archaeology from the University of Nottingham. He has participated in excavations in Greece and the UK and has worked at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki and the Archaeological Service of Kilkis. He completed his PhD in Classical Archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2017. With the sincere belief that knowledge has meaning only when it is communicated and with the deep conviction that antiquity concerns us all and knowledge of the past is power, he created Archaeostoryteller, online Instagram stories about history, where he conveys his knowledge of ancient times in a straightforward, immediate and entertaining way. His very popular podcast, Archaeostoryteller, has recently totalled over 1 million downloads. He is the author of two bestselling non-fiction titles, How to Fit All of Ancient Greece in an Elevator (2021), which was translate into 13 languages, and Archaeology My Love...Get Me Out of Here (2022).