Dr Paul Roberts was Sackler Keeper of the Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology in Oxford. He has curated numerous popular exhibitions, including 'Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum' at the British Museum in 2013 and 'Last Supper in Pompeii' at the Ashmolean in 2019-20. He wrote the accompanying exhibition catalogues to both. A trained archaeologist, Paul has been involved in various fieldwork projects across Italy and Greece.