Jean Leclant

Jean Leclant , born with Paris, the August 8th 1920, is an orientalist and French Egyptologist, specialist in the history and Pharaonic civilization, especially, he is also specialist in meroitic civilization, the religious history, the history of art, in iconography and ethnography.

Entered with the National university in 1940, it is aggregate of geography in 1945. From 1946 to 1948, it is attached of research to the National center of the scientific research and operations manager near the national museums. From 1948 to 1952, he is member of the French Institut of oriental archeology of Cairo (IFAO). In 1952, it is in charge of the creation of the Service of Antiquities of Ethiopia. In 1953 he is graduate pupil of the practical École of the high studies, 5th section. From 1953 to 1963, it is Part-time lecturer, then professor in 1955, at the University of Strasbourg, where it becomes the same year arts doctor. From 1963 to 1979, he is professor of Egyptology to the Sorbonne and 1964 to 1990, director of studies at the practical School of the high studies, 5th section. From 1979 to 1990, he is professor of Egyptology to the Collège de France and since 1992, conservative of the Villa Kérylos.

He was also director of the Mission of the experts archeologists in Ethiopia (1952-1956), of the excavations of Saqqarah (since 1963) and of the French archaeological Mission in Sudan (Soleb, 1960-1978; Sedeinga, since 1979). It carried out many excavations in Egypt: with Karnak, Saqqarah and Tanis; in Sudan: in Soleb and Sedeinga; in Ethiopia: with Axoum.

Distinctions

He is Large-Officer of the Legion of honor; Commander in the National order of the Merit; Commander in the Order of the academic Palms; Commander in the Order of Arts and Letters. Elected official, on May 3rd, 1974, ordinary member of the Academy of the inscriptions and the humanities, with the armchair of Jacques Vandier. Perpetual secretary, on June 24th, 1983.

Publications

Investigations into the Egyptian priesthoods and sanctuaries at the time known as Ethiopian, , n°17, BdE, IFAO, Cairo, 1954.
With Paul Barguet and Clement Robichon, Karnak-north V , 2 vol., FIFAO, Cairo, 1954.
Excavations and work in Egypt, 1955-1957 , n°27, fasc. 1, Orientalia, Pontificium institutum biblicum, Roma, 1958.
Excavations and work in Egypt and in Sudan , 1960-1961, n°31, fasc. 3, Orientalia, Pontificium institutum biblicum, Roma, 1962.
Excavations and work in Egypt and in Sudan , 1961-1962, n°32, fasc. 2, Orientalia, Pontificium institutum biblicum, Roma, 1963.
Research on the Thébains monuments of the aforesaid Ethiopian the , 2 vol., BdE, IFAO, Cairo, 1965.
With Michela Schiff Giorgini and Clément Robichon, Soleb, 1813-1963 , Sansoni, Florence, 1965.
With Michela Schiff Giorgini and Clément Robichon, Soleb, the necropoles , Sansoni, Florence, 1971.
With Jean-Philippe Lauer, archaeological Mission of Saqqarah, the high temple of the funerary complex of the king Téti , BdE, IFAO, Cairo, 1972.
With Gisele Clerk, bibliographical Inventory of Isiaca , E.J. Brill, Leiden, 1972-1974.
the texts of the pyramid of Pépi 1st, reconstitution of the wall is anteroom , CRAIBL, Paris, 1977.
With Audran Labrousse and Jean-Philippe Lauer, archaeological Mission of Saqqarah. , The high temple of the funerary complex of king Ounas, n°73, BdE, IFAO, Cairo, 1977.
Research with the pyramid of Pépi 1st (Saqqarah 1972-1976), BSFE, Paris, 10/1976-03/1977.
With Cyril Aldred, Jean-Louis Hellouin de Cenival, Fernand Debono, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Jean-Philippe Lauer and Jean Vercoutter, the time of the pyramids , universe of the forms, Gallimard, Paris, 1978.
With Cyril Aldred, Paul Barguet, Christiane Desroches Noblecourt and H.W. Müller, empire of the conquerors , universe of the forms, Gallimard, Paris, 1979.
Excavations and work in Egypt and in Sudan, 1978-1979 , n°49, pp.346-420, Orientalia, 1980.
With Cyril Aldred, François Daumas and Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Egypt of the twilight , universe of the forms, Gallimard, Paris, 1980.
T.P. Pépi 1st, VII, in connection with the texts of pyramids , MGEM, IFAO, Cairo, 1985.
Of the égyptophilie to Egyptology, Academy of the inscriptions and beautiful letters, Paris, 1985.
With H.G. Fischer, the writing and the art of old Egypt, Four lessons on Pharaonic paleography and epigraphy , PUF, Paris, 1986.
With A. Zivie, Memphis and its necropoles with the New Empire , New data, new questions, CNRS, Paris, 1988.
With the sources of European Egyptology: Champollion, Young, Rosellini, Lepsius , Academy of the inscriptions and the humanities, Paris, 1991.
Archaeological Activities in Egypt , vol. 1, pp. 3-9, Atti LED VII Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia, Turin, 1992.
Noubounet, a new queen of Egypt , pp. 211-219, Gegengabe Brunner-Traut, Attempto Verlag, Tübingen, 1992.
In connection with Aegyptiaca of the Early middle ages in France , pp. 77-80, The Heritage off Egypt. Iversen studies, Tusculanum Museum Near, Copenhagen, 1992.
Diana Nemorensis, Isis and Bubastis , pp. 251-257, Studies in Pharaonic Religion and Society in honor off J. Gwyn Griffiths, The Egypt Society Exploration, London, 1992.
With Gisele Clerk, Excavations and work in Egypt and in Sudan, 1993-1994 , n°64, fasc. 3, pp. 225-355, Orientalia, Rome, 1995.
Foreword , pp. 13-19, Égyptomanie the archeology proof, Museum of Louvre, Paris, 1996.
With Gisele Clerk, Excavations and work in Egypt and in Sudan, 1994-1995 , n°65, fasc. 3, pp. 234-356, Orientalia, Roma, 1996.
With Jean-Philippe Lauer and Audran Labrousse, the architecture of the pyramids with texts, Saqqara Northern, 2 vol., n°114, BdE, IFAO, Cairo, 1996.
With Mr. Rassart-Debergh, Textile of Antinoé , Donation E. Guimet, Natural history museum of natural history, Colmar, 1997.
With C. Langlois, A. Decaux, J. Tulard, F. Large and G. It To wrinkle, the forwarding of Egypt, posterities and prospective , Palate of the Institute, Paris, 1998.
With Dominique Valbelle, the decree of Memphis, bicentenary of discovered of Pierre de Rosette , De Boccard, Paris, 1999.
With G. Mokhtar, empire of Koush: Napata and Méroé, In General History of Africa . Volume: Old Africa, African Presence/Edicef/UNESCO, Paris, New edition, 2000.
Repertory of meroitic epigraphy: corpus of the inscription published , 3 vol., Academy of the Inscriptions and Beautiful Letters, Paris, 2000.
With the wire of the Nile, the course of an Egyptologist , Academy of the inscriptions and beautiful letters, Paris, 2001.
With Catherine Naggar Shepherd-el, Bernard Mathieu and I. Pierre-Croisiau, the texts of the pyramid of Pépy 1st, 1 , edition, description and analyzes, 2, facsimilés, MIFAO, Cairo, 2001.
Dictionnaire of Antiquity , PUF, Paris, 2005, collection Quadrige, 2464 pages.

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