Martine Diepenbroek
Martine D.
About Professional Tour Guide
I am a Dutch Classicist and Ancient Historian, who works as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Johannesburg. I am specialised in communication security and secret messaging in the ancient world and had published several articles and a book. As a historian, I also have broad knowledge of Greek, Roman, Mesopotamian and Egyptian history, archaeology, and culture.
November 2025
SAINT NICHOLAS: From Myra to Santa Claus
The Roman Empire
Wonderful and enlightening.
This was my first time with Martine as a guide, but it will not be my last. Very informative. I really appreciated that she spoke clearly and slowly so that I could process what she was saying. I was at the Parthenon in June 2017, and did not learn half of what she presented. It was so hot that I suppose I probably would have fainted at that length. Definitely worth the hour today.
Secret Communication In the Ancient Greece and Rome
A very informative zoom meeting from Martine who is clearly very knowledgeable on the subject. They spoke slowly and clearly, allowing for a great discussion of participants questions at the end. Amazing work, very pleased 🙏
Learned so much!
Martine’s tour, Communication Security In the Ancient Greek and Roman World, was captivating. I thought it would be interesting, but it was fascinating…I just never considered that such intrigue went back so far, and that there were such simple, (but clever) designs to it. I really enjoyed the tour.
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