[1] Morgan Evans studied archaeology at Cardiff University from 1963 to 1966, and subsequently worked for the Inspectorate of Ancient Monuments and Historic Buildings.
He directed numerous excavations, worked for English Heritage from 1977 to 1992, and then became General Secretary of the Society of Antiquaries of London, retiring from the post in 2004.
He was Chairman of the Butser Ancient Farm Trust,[3] and a visiting professor at the University of Chester.
[4] In 2002 he participated in and later presented a Discovery Channel series on the reconstruction of a Roman villa.
[5] It opened to the public on 19 February 2011, and, by the end of the year, needed maintenance work to repair frost damage[6]