Frank Holt

{{Short description|American archaeologist and author}}

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Frank Lee Holt is an American archaeologist and author focusing on Central Asia. He is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Houston, and is recognized as one of the leading authorities on Alexander the Great, Hellenistic Asia, and numismatics.{{cite web|url=http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/10059.html|title=Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions|publisher=University of California Press|website=ucpress.edu|accessdate=July 10, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2006/04/12/News/Who-Was.Alexander.The.Great-1845622.shtml |title=Who was Alexander the Great? - News |accessdate=July 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928005008/http://media.www.westerncourier.com/media/storage/paper650/news/2006/04/12/News/Who-Was.Alexander.The.Great-1845622.shtml |archivedate=September 28, 2007 }} Holt received his PhD in History from the University of Virginia.

Holt has written five books and almost fifty articles,{{cite web|url=http://vi.uh.edu/faculty/profiles/holt.html |title=University of Houston History |accessdate=July 25, 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629020728/http://vi.uh.edu/faculty/profiles/holt.html |archivedate=June 29, 2007 }} primarily concerning Alexander the Great and the Hellenization of Afghanistan.