Georges Foucart (11 December 1865, in Paris – 1943) was a French historian and Egyptologist.[1] He was the son of archaeologist Paul Foucart (1836–1926), a professor of ancient Greek studies at the Collège de France.[2]

From 1898 to 1906, he was a professor of ancient history at the University of Bordeaux, afterwards serving as a professor of history of religions at Aix-Marseille University. From 1915 to 1928, he was director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale in Cairo.[3][4]

Selected works

  • La religion et l'art dans l'Egypte ancienne, 1908 – Religion and art of ancient Egypt.
  • Histoire des religions et méthode comparative, 1912 – History of religions and comparative methods.
  • Questionnaire preĺiminaire d'ethnologie africaine, translated into English and published as "Introductory questions on African ethnology", Cairo, Print. Office of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology", 1919.
  • La Société sultanieh de géographie du Caire; son oeuvre (1875-1921), Le Caire, Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1921. (with Adolphe bey Cattaui).
  • Tombes thébaines, nécropole de Dirâ ̀Abû'n-Nága, Le Caire, Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1928 (with Marcelle Baud) – Theban tombs, the necropolis of Dirâ ̀Abû'n-Nága.
  • Le tombeau de Roÿ, 1928 (with Marcelle Baud; Etienne Drioton).
  • Le tombeau de Panehsy, 1932 (with Marcelle Baud; Etienne Drioton) – The tomb of Panehesy.
  • Le tombeau d'Amonmos, 1935 (with Marcelle Baud; Etienne Drioton) – The tomb of Amenmose.[5]

In addition to his works on ancient Egypt, he published a few treatises associated with Madagascar, e.g.: Le commerce et la colonisation à Madagascar (1894).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Annuaire de Ecole pratique des hautes études- 1894 (pdf). Paris: Imprimerie Nationale. 1894. p. 162.
  2. ↑ Marcel Mauss: A Biography by Marcel Fournier
  3. ↑ Giza Archives Archived 2019-03-30 at the Wayback Machine Museum of Fine Arts Boston
  4. ↑ L'egyptologie by Gaston Maspero
  5. ↑ OCLC WorldCat published works
  6. ↑ Google Books associated works
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