Kathleen Kenyon was an influential British archaeologist whose legacy still lives on today. She was born on January 5th, 1906 in London. She spent most of her early years in the West London area.
Kenyon was first introduced to archaeology in Oxford University and later became the first female president of the Oxford Archaeological Society. But she didn’t stop there. After graduation, she participated at a site in Zimbabwe with her father and Gertrude Caton-Thompson then an excavation at Roman Verulamium, or modern day St. Albans with Mortimer Wheeler and his staff.
Later on, when Kenyon had much more experience, she was invited to review John Garstang’s findings from the ancient city, Jericho. Garstang’s goal was to find archeological proof