Hannah Kate Simon

Hannah Kate Simon

Live Science Contributor

Hannah Kate Simon is an archaeologist and art historian with a focus on Roman art and archaeology. Hannah holds a Master's degree in the history of art and archaeology from New York University's Institute of Fine Arts, as well as two bachelor degrees in Art History and Theatre from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She previously worked at NYU's Grey Art Gallery as a contributor to its exhibition catalogues, interned at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and excavated at Aphrodisias, an ancient Greek City in what is now Turkey.

Articles by: Hannah Kate Simon

A top view of a skull with a crack in it

Medieval warrior woman was buried alongside 23 Spanish monks, and no one knows why

By Hannah Kate Simon published

A medieval woman who was buried alongside 23 warrior monks in Spain was likely a warrior herself, a new study finds.

Gold coin

Hoard of 17th-century coins hidden during English Civil War unearthed during kitchen renovation

By Hannah Kate Simon published

During a kitchen renovation, a family in England unexpectedly discovered a hoard of coins that was likely buried for safekeeping during the first English Civil War.

A golden C-shaped bracelet against a black background.

Landslide reveals 2,500-year-old 'richly decorated' gold necklaces in Spain

By Hannah Kate Simon published

A landslide in northern Spain has helped unearth two Iron Age gold necklaces that were likely buried in a hoard about 2,500 years ago.

Aerial view of the skeleton found this year at Ayanis Castle.

2,700-year-old 'extremely well preserved' skeleton found in fortress in Turkey may be an earthquake victim

By Hannah Kate Simon published

These human remains may hint at the collapse of the 'magnificent' city of Ayanis.

An aerial view of the amphitheater found in a Roman legion camp near Tel Megiddo.

Blood-red walls of Roman amphitheater unearthed near 'Armageddon' in Israel

By Hannah Kate Simon published

Ground-penetrating radar is revealing the secrets of a Roman legion camp near Tel Megiddo, including the ancient camp's amphitheater for combat training.

A man in a red shirt holds a scanner with a green light. He is scanning the concrete-like remains of a human burial that sits in a white container against a wall.

'Liquid gypsum' burial from Roman Britain scanned in 3D, revealing 1,700-year-old secrets

By Hannah Kate Simon published

About 1,700 years ago, liquid gypsum was poured over the remains of an elite family in Roman Britain.

The carvings of the Roman-era phallus, face and cornucopia were found at a first century B.C. fort in Spain.

Heavy rains expose ancient phallus and 'imposing' face carvings at Roman fort in Spain

By Hannah Kate Simon published

A rainstorm has exposed the ancient Roman stone carvings of a phallus, face and cornucopia at a first-century fort in Spain.

We see an ancient and fragile child mummy whose head is resting on a pillow. The mummy is a brownish color.

Ancient Egyptian children were plagued with blood disorders, mummies reveal

By Hannah Kate Simon published

A look at 21 ancient Egyptian mummified children reveals that one-third of them had a blood disorder known as anemia.