Philip C. Hammond (died 2008) was an American archaeologist.
He led excavations at a number of sites in the West Bank, Jordan and Egypt, notably Nag Hammadi, Tel Rumeida, and Petra.
Jeffrey R. Chadwick described Hammond as the "Lion of Petra".
[1] After serving in World War II, he received a Ph.D. in archaeology from Yale University in 1957.
He taught at Lycoming College, at the Princeton Theological Seminary, and at Brandeis University.