Urbain Bouriant
French egyptologist (1849-1903) · France · On the map · Academics · Died at 54
Urbain Bouriant was a French Egyptologist, who discovered the Gospel of Peter in a tomb at Akhmim. He is best known from his translation of Al-Maqrizi, published as Description topographique et historique de l'Egypte.
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He was the collaborator of Gaston Maspero in 1880, when Maspero founded the French archaeological mission to Cairo, precursor of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale (IFAO).
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France
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1849 to 1903 · aged 54
