Kathleen martinez archaeologist biography books
•
Adventures in Archaeology: Kathleen Martinez Berry&#;s Quest to Find Cleopatra
Some people vända boredom into naps. Kathleen Martinez Berry creates entire careers out of idle moments.
Up at night with an infant and temporarily living in Madrid while her husband studied cardiology, Martinez cast about for something challenging to occupy her time; she decided to get a master&#;s degree in finance.
Bored igen while tending to her second child, Martinez then earned a master&#;s in archeology, a subject that had been a longtime passion. That rekindled what has become a full-blown obsession: discovering the truth about the life and especially the death of Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt, at one time the richest and most powerful woman in the world.
Her quest has transported Martinez from a high-powered career as one of the Dominican Republic&#;s most sought-after criminal attorneys, into a self-made Egyptologist poised at the kant of solving one of archeology&#;s most enduring
•
New discoveries at Taposiris Magna Temple, Alexandria
The Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission, led by Dr. Kathleen Martinez in collaboration with the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU), has uncovered foundation deposits beneath the southern wall of the enclosure at the Taposiris Magna Temple, west of Alexandria. These deposits include a remarkable collection of artifacts and ceremonial items, offering new insights into the history of this region during the late Ptolemaic era.
Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, highlighted the significance of two key finds: a small white marble statuette of a woman wearing the royal diadem and a limestone bust of a king adorned with the Nemes headdress. He added that while Dr. Martinez believes that the marble statuette depicts Queen Cleopatra VII, many archaeologists dispute this claim, noting that the facial features differ from known depictions of Cleopatra VII. It is more li
•
Kathleen Martínez
Dominican archaeologist, diplomat, and lawyer
Kathleen Teresa Martínez Berry (born ) is a Dominican lawyer, archaeologist, and diplomat, best known for her work since in the search for the tomb of Cleopatra in the Taposiris Magna temple in Egypt. She heads the Egyptian-Dominican mission in Alexandria and is currently minister counselor in charge of cultural affairs at the Dominican embassy in Egypt.
Early life
[edit]Kathleen Martínez was born in Santo Domingo in Her father, professor and legal scholar Fausto Martínez,[1] owned an extensive private library, which she drew on to research the subject that would become her great passion – Egypt and the last days of Cleopatra. Her mother is of Franco-English descent.[2]
Studies
[edit]Despite her childhood passion for Egypt, Martínez focused her early studies on a legal career. "My parents had convinced me that it was not worthwhile for me to be an archaeologist because I would never ha