I completed in Paris a license (BA degree) in Spanish and Latin American literature at Paris-Sorbonne University. I also worked in the financial markets in Paris for a period. After leaving finance, I studied fashion design at the Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris, also known as Ecole Saint Roch. I spent three years there and worked in many prestigious fashion houses.
Next, I studied for a degree in Egyptology at the Institut Kheops in Paris, focussing on ancient Egyptian language. I then moved to London and started a BA degree in history and archaeology at the University of London shortly after that. I focused my degree on the ancient Greek and Roman periods. After finishing my BA, I remained at the University of London to complete an MA in philosophy.
In 2014, I completed my Ph.D. thesis at the University of Newcastle. I center my research on the landscape archaeology of the ancient city of Baalbek-Heliopolis and its environs. In modern Lebanon, Baalbek-Heliopolis was a city and significant religious sanctuary in the Roman period. The temple of Jupiter Heliopolitanus was one of the largest temples in the Roman world. My research explores the religious transformation of the landscape of Baalbek-Heliopolis from 100 BC to AD 400.
I extended my research to cover the city of Berytus and the territory of the Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Berytus.
I speak French, Lebanese, and English and understand Spanish well.
