Mary-Ann Ochota is an anthropologist, broadcaster and writer. She's part of the team who presented Britain's Secret Treasures, revealing the secret stories behind these compelling artefacts. Mary-Ann is passionate about making history and archaeology accessible and fun for a wide audience. A popular and familiar archaeology presenter, Mary-Ann co-hosted series 19 of Time Team with Tony Robinson, explored The Truth Behind: King Arthur for Nat Geo, and the secrets of prehistoric Silbury Hill for BBC4. Mary-Ann has an MA in Archaeology and Anthropology from Cambridge University, and has made programmes exploring subjects as diverse as feral children, Roman bread, and beards. Mary-Ann blogs for The Independent, was commissioned to write an essay on the power of King Arthur in the upcoming collection of writing, Essays for a New Generation (Roaring Brook, US, pub 2013) and she will begin a regular column in Current Archaeology, the UK's best selling archaeology magazine, in 2013. She lives in London with her husband, children's author Joe Craig.