Gaston Maspero
French egyptologist (1846-1916) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 70
Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero was a French Egyptologist and director general of excavations and antiquities for the Egyptian government. Widely regarded as the foremost Egyptologist of his generation, he began his career teaching Egyptian language in Paris becoming a professor at the Collège de France.
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In 1880, he led an archaeological mission to Egypt, which later became the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale.
