Judith Swaddling is a British classical archaeologist and the Senior Curator of Etruscan and pre-Roman Italy in the Department of Greece and Rome at the British Museum.
Swaddling completed her PhD on ancient Greek statuary production.
Thereafter she has focused on Etruscan studies and has spent most of her career working at the British Museum.
Swaddling is an important scholar in the field of Etruscan material culture and has been responsible for organizing and collaborating on a wide variety of conferences, study days, projects, and exhibitions on the subject.
[3][4] Her publication The Ancient Olympic Games is now in its 3rd edition and has been translated into multiple languages.