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Geoffrey Martin
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He attended school at Aveley and then Palmer"s School in Grays in London. After obtaining a Doctor of Philosophy in 1969, Martin became a lecturer in Egyptology at University College London, a Reader from 1978 and Edwards Professor of Egyptology from 1988 until retirement in 1993.
Career
Martin received a Bachelor in Ancient History from University College London in 1963. He obtained an Master of Arts from Cambridge University in 1966 and became a Lady Wallis Budge Research Fellow at Christ"s College, Cambridge, a post which he held until 1970. Martin"s fieldwork includes numerous locations in Egypt.
He was exploring with the Egypt Exploration Society at Buhen in 1963.
With the EES and Leiden Museum and University of Amsterdam he was exploring at Saqqara from 1964-1968, from 1970-1974 as Site Director, and from 1975 to 1998 as Field Director. He was Field Director for the Amarna Epigraphic Mission of the Egypt Exploration Society in 1969 and 1980.
From 1998 till present he acts as a Joint Field Director of the Amarna Royal Tombs Project.
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