Georges Foucart Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Book: Annuaire de Ecole pratique des hautes études- 1894 . 1894 . Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. 162. pdf.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=Xjl_1f4O8QQC&dq=%22Georges+Foucart%22+%22Paul+Foucart%22&pg=PA150 Marcel Mauss: A Biography
3. http://www.gizapyramids.org/view/people/asitem/items@Georges%20Foucart:1553/0;jsessionid=74689A9D0096086FA7C62C4C2C589C5F?t:state:flow=1df30042-45d4-4fda-a93e-80cc239f33f6 Giza Archives
4. https://books.google.com/books?id=9YKIftV77gEC&dq=%22Georges+Foucart%22+Marseille&pg=PT38 L'egyptologie
5. http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AFoucart%2C+George%2C&qt=hot_author OCLC WorldCat
6. https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Georges+Foucart%22&gws_rd=ssl Google Books