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Gustave Jéquier

1868 – 1946

Swiss egyptologist

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Lived 1868 – 1946 (aged 77). Gustave Jéquier was a Swiss archaeologist, anthropologist, egyptologist, university teacher, art collector and archeologist.

Gustave Jéquier (14 August 1868, Neuchâtel, Switzerland – 24 March 1946, Neuchâtel) was an Egyptologist and one of the first archaeologists to excavate ancient Persian cities in what is now Iran. He was a member of Jacques de Morgan's 1901 Susa expedition, which led to the discovery of the famous Code of Hammurabi, now on display in the Louvre.

Jéquier began his career under the guidance of the Egyptologists Gaston Maspero and Jacques de Morgan, and specialized in the Predynastic Period. He participated in major excavations sponsored by the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

Jéquier excavated sites at Saqqara, such as the pyramid of Ibi and the pyramid of Khendjer, at Dahshur, Lisht, and Mazghuna.

Jéquier's work on the Pyramid Texts was a significant step forward in the understanding of these religious works.

Publications (avec J.E. Gautier) Mémoire sur les fouilles de Licht, 1902 Avec Georges Legrain et Urbain Bouriant, Monuments pour servir à l'étude du culte d'Atonou en Égypte I, 1903 Décoration égyptienne, plafonds et frises végétales du Nouvel Empire thébain (1400-1000 av. J.-C.), 1911 Histoire de la civilisation égyptienne des origines à la conquête d'Alexandre, 1913; réédition 1923 Les Temples memphites et thébains des origines à la XVIIIe dynastie, 1920 Les Temples ramessides et saïtes de la XIXe à la XXXe dynastie, 1922 Le mastabat Faraoun : douze ans de fouilles à Saqqarah, 1928 La Pyramide d'Oudjebten, 1928 Deux pyramides du moyen empire, 1932 Les pyramides des reines Neit et Apouit, Fouilles à Saqqarah, 1933 La pyramide d'Aba, 1935 Rapport préliminaire sur les travaux exécutés en 1935-1936 dans la partie méridionale de la nécropole memphite, ASAE, 1936 Le monument funéraire de Pépi II, volume I. : Le tombeau royal, 1936; volume II. : Le temple, 1938; volume III. : Les du temple, 1940 - IFAO Douze ans de fouilles dans la nécropole memphite, 1924-1936, Université de Neuchâtel, 1940 (avec Léon et Michel Jéquier) Armorial neuchâtelois. Avec la collaboration de Gustave Jéquier, Neuchâtel, La Baconnière, 1941–1944 Considérations sur les religions égyptiennes, Neuchâtel, La Baconnière, 1946

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University of Neuchâtel
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Who was Gustave Jéquier?

Swiss egyptologist (1868-1946)

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Gustave Jéquier was born on 14 August 1868 in Neuchâtel.

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Gustave Jéquier died on 24 March 1946 in Neuchâtel.

What was Gustave Jéquier's occupation?

Gustave Jéquier was an archaeologist, anthropologist, egyptologist, university teacher, art collector and archeologist.

What nationality was Gustave Jéquier?

Gustave Jéquier was Swiss.

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· Wikipedia: Gustave Jéquier

· Wikidata: Q117545

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