Émile Amélineau

Émile Amélineau (* 1850 in La Chaize- Giraud; † January 12, 1915 in Châteaudun ) was a French Egyptologist and Koptologe. He was best known for his excavations in the Egyptian royal cemetery at Abydos and by his publications on the Coptic language.

Career

Amélineau originally studied theology and was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Rennes 1878. In Paris he attended from 1878 to 1883 the courses in Egyptology and Coptic Studies at Gaston Maspero and Eugène Grébaut. From 1883 to 1885 he was a member of the Archaeological Mission française in Cairo. In 1887 he resigned his priesthood and was égyptien with the work Essai sur le gnosticisme, ses développements et son origine égyptienne doctorate. From 1887 to 1903 he was Maître de conférences at the École pratique des hautes études in the Department of Religious Studies. From 1894 to 1895 he led annually by excavations at Abydos. His excavations brought finds such as the grave stele of the king (Pharaoh) Wadji (1st Dynasty) produced. His collection was sold in 1904 for multiple items at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris at the Louvre. From 1903 to 1915 he was Deputy Director and Head of the Department of Egyptian religion at the Ecole pratique des hautes études.

Works

  • Fragment Coptes pour servir à l' histoire de la conquête de l' Egypte les Arabes. Imprimerie nationale, Paris 1889
  • Le tombeau d' Osiris: monograph de la découverte faite en 1897 to 1898. E. Leroux, Paris 1889
  • La Géographie de l'Egypte à l' Époque Copte. Imprimerie nationale, Paris 1893
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