ELIZABETH R. MACAULAY is Professor of Liberal Studies, Anthropology, Classics, Middle Eastern Studies, and Digital Humanities at The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. She is the author or editor of seven books, including Archaeological Ambassadors (2024) and Antiquity in Gotham (2021). Her essays and videos for Smarthistory.org, the Center for Public Art History, have been viewed by over 1.4 million people.