B.A., in Ancient History from University College, London

M.A., from Cambridge University in 1966.

Ph.D in archaeology

• Geoffrey Martin is most famous for his discoveries of the tomb of Maya, Tutankhamun's treasurer and the private tomb of Horemheb but also more generally for his work in the Valley of the Kings and Saqqara.

• The discoveries in Saqqara include Tia, Ramesses the Great's sister and other dignitaries.

source"Geoffrey Thorndike Martin

Stelae from Egypt and Nubia in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, c.3000 BC-AD 1150 (Fitzwilliam Museum Publications), The Hidden Tombs of Memphis: New Discoveries from the Time of Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great (New aspects of antiquity) .