Ann Robertson Williams
Joined Atlas Obscura in 2026
An archaeologist by training and a journalist by profession, Ann R. (A. R.) Williams specializes in writing about the ancient world and cultural heritage preservation. During her three-decade career as a staff writer at National Geographic magazine and online news, she reported on the latest archaeological research and discoveries in the field.
Ann is now a freelance writer and editor, and is the author/general editor of the Nat Geo books Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs and Treasures of Egypt: A Legacy in Photographs from the Pyramids to Cleopatra. She is also president of the Washington, DC, chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt.
