When was Sydney Hervé Aufrère born?

Sydney Hervé Aufrère was born on 2 July 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt.

What positions has Sydney Hervé Aufrère held?

Positions held by Sydney Hervé Aufrère include: Director of Research at CNRS; president.

Where did Sydney Hervé Aufrère study?

Sydney Hervé Aufrère was educated at Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, Lumière University Lyon 2.

Sydney Hervé Aufrère

French archaeologist and Egyptologist

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Sydney Hervé Aufrère (born July 2, 1951, in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French Egyptologist, archaeologist, and director of research at CNRS.

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Born: 2 July 1951 wd
Place of birth: Boulogne-Billancourt wd
Citizenship: France wd
Occupation: anthropologist, archaeologist, Egyptologist wd
Education: Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, Lumière University Lyon 2 wd
Spouse: Nathalie Bosson wd

Positions held wd

Director of Research at CNRS
president

About

From 1973 to 1976 he worked in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre Museum, then for sixteen months (1976-1977), the "Centre for Documentation of Ancient Egypt" (CEDA), Cairo. He participated from 1976 to 1980 in archaeological expeditions in the Valley of the Queens (Tuya's tomb QV80) and the Ramesseum.

From 1981 to 1983 he was assistant teacher of Egyptian Archaeology at the Ecole du Louvre, then in 1983/84, he was a lecturer in Egyptian inscriptions of the same school.

From 1985 to 1989, he was a scientific member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, and participated in excavations.

In 1991, he was appointed director of research at CNRS, and was affiliated with the Université Paul Valéry from 1991 to 2005. From 1992 to 2003 he supervised the unit that specializes in texts from the Ptolemaic period.

Questions

When was Sydney Hervé Aufrère born?: Sydney Hervé Aufrère was born on 2 July 1951 in Boulogne-Billancourt.
What positions has Sydney Hervé Aufrère held?: Positions held by Sydney Hervé Aufrère include: Director of Research at CNRS; president.
Where did Sydney Hervé Aufrère study?: Sydney Hervé Aufrère was educated at Paris-Sorbonne University - Paris IV, Lumière University Lyon 2.

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