Jean Vercoutter

Jean Vercoutter ( born January 6, 1911 in Lambersart; † 6 July 2000) was a French Egyptologist.

Jean Vercoutter was a member of the Institut Français d' Archéologie Orientale in Cairo from 1930 to 1950. 1949 to 1955 he worked at the CNRS, where he received his Ph.D. with his work L' Égypte et le monde Egeen préhellénique 1953. 1955 to 1960 he served as director of the Sudanese Antiquities in Khartoum, the archaeological research of the country. Since 1958 Vercoutter was a regular member of the German Archaeological Institute. In 1960 he moved to the University of Lille, where he taught as a professor. In addition, he was the director of the excavations in the Sudanese Mirgissa. 1977 to 1981 he headed the Institut Français d' Archéologie Orientale.

Writings

Along with Elena Cassin, and Jean Bottero was Vercoutter out the volumes 2-4 of the Fischer World History, which dealt with the ancient Near Eastern world. From him the chapters that relate to Egypt come. In addition, he edited the " Kush " Journal of the Sudan Antiquities Service in his time in Sudan.

  • Egypt - discovery of an ancient world, Maier, Ravensburg 1990 ( adventure story, 1 ) ISBN 3-473-51001-7
  • The Gold Land of the Pharaohs. The discovery of Berenike Pancrisia ( with Alfredo and Angelo Castiglioni ), of Saverne, Mainz 1998 ISBN 3-8053-1754-9
  • With Cyril Aldred, J. L. Cenival, F. Debono, Christiane Desroches Noble Court, Jean -Philippe Lauer and Jean Leclant, Le temps des pyramides, L' univers des formes, Gallimard, Paris, 1978.
  • With Ch Desroches Noble Court, Un siècle de fouilles françaises en Égypte 1880-1980, à l' occasion de l' école du centenaire du Caire ( IFAO ), musée du Louvre, Musée d' art et d' essai, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 21 mai / 15 octobre 1981 IFAO, Le Caire, 1981.
  • Essai sur les relations entre égyptiens et pré - Hellenes, n ° 6 L' orient ancien illustré, A. Maisonneuve, Paris, 1954.
  • L' Égypte et le monde Egeen pré - hellénique, étude critique of the sources you Egyptiennes début de la fin de la XVIIIe à la XIXe dynasty égyptienne, n ° 22, BdE, IFAO, Le Caire, 1956.
  • L' Égypte ancienne, n ° 247, Que sais - je?, PUF, Paris, 1960.
  • Institut français d' archéologie orientale du Caire, Livre du Centenaire (1880-1980), n ° 104, MIFAO, Le Caire, 1980.
  • Les affamés d' Ounas et le changement climatique de la fin de l' Ancien Empire, m mix, IFAO, Le Caire, 1985.
  • À la recherche de l' Égypte oubliée, Gallimard, Paris, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1998 et 2000.
  • L' Égypte et la vallée du Nil, the origines à la fin de l' ancien empire 12000-2000 Av. J.C, Nouvelle Clio, PUF, Paris, 1992.
  • Le déchiffrement of hiéroglyphes égyptiens 1680-1840, pp. 579-586, The Intellectual Heritage of Egypt, Budapest, 1992.
  • La fin de l' Ancien Empire: un nouvel exam, Vol 2, pp. 557-562, Atti del VI Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia, Turin, 1993.
  • Les Barrages pharaoniques. Leur raison d' être, pp. 315-326, Les problèmes Institutionnels de l' eau en Égypte ancienne et dans l' Antiquité méditerranéenne, IFAO, Le Caire, 1994.
  • Étude of construction techniques de l' Égypte ancienne dans, 3, la décoration of Parois, but principe et les dangers d' équivoques qu'elle peut en ce qui concerne la entraîner datation of edifices, m mix, IFAO, Le Caire, 1985.
  • Egyptologist
  • University teachers (Lille )
  • Frenchman
  • Born in 1911
  • Died in 2000
  • Man
  • Member of the German Archaeological Institute
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