Auguste Bergy Explained

Reverend Father Auguste Bergy (12 May 1873  - 31 August 1955) was a French Jesuit archaeologist known for his work on prehistory in Lebanon.[1] [2]

He is known particularly for excavations and studies at the Sands of Beirut and at Ras Beirut.[3] In 1930 he discovered Tell Arslan, the oldest known neolithic village settlement in the Beirut area.[4]

Selected bibliography

Notes and References

  1. http://www.usj.edu.lb/mpl/files/bergy.htm Auguste Bergy Biography - Lebanese Museum of Prehistory, Saint Joseph University Website
  2. Book: Henri Jalabert. Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut. Lebanon). Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines. Jésuites au Prôche-Orient: notices biographiques. 7 April 2011. 1987. Dar el-Machreq. 9782721450289.
  3. Book: Archéologia, p. 34. 7 April 2011. 2001. A. Fanton..
  4. Book: Eric M. Meyers. American Schools of Oriental Research. The Oxford encyclopedia of archaeology in the Near East, p. 293. 7 April 2011. 1997. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-506512-1.
  5. Book: Salwa C. Nassar Foundation for Lebanese Studies. Beirut--crossroads of cultures. 7 April 2011. 1970. Librairie du Liban.

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