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Émile Chassinat

French egyptologist (1868-1948) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 80

Émile Gaston Chassinat was a French Egyptologist, and the Director of the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo where he worked from around 1898 to around to 1912. Chassinat acquired two of the Amarna tablets in 1903 while working in Cairo, Egypt.

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Knight of the Legion of Honour1909

About this person

Country
France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1868 to 1948 · aged 80