Jules Barthoux Explained

Jules Barthoux
Birth Name:Jules Couyat-Barthoux
Birth Date:22 July 1881
Birth Place:Etroussat, France
Death Date:22 February 1965
Death Place:Paris, France
Years Active:c. 1912-1928
Known For:Archaeology in Afghanistan as part of DAFA

Jules Barthoux or Jules Couyat-Barthoux (1881-1965) was a French geologist and archaeologist born in Etroussat in 1881. He excavated the sites of Bagram, Hadda and Ai-Khanoum in Afghanistan, as part of the French Archaeological Delegation in Afghanistan (DAFA), between 1925 and 1928. He died in 1965 in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, in Paris, France.

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