Jean Capart

Jean Capart (February 21, 1877 – June 16, 1947) was a Belgian Egyptologist, who is often considered the "Father of Belgian Egyptology".

Biography Capart was born to Alphonse Capart, an otolaryngologist, and Alida Carbonelle in Brussels on 21 February 1877. He studied Egyptology under Karl Alfred Wiedemann at Bonn University. He would travel yearly to London to meet with William Flinders Petrie to negotiate what objects would be sent to Belgium from their subscription.

Career as professor of Egyptology In 1902, he was made the first Belgian chair of Egyptology at the University of Liège. In 1910, the Institut Supérieur d'Histoire de l’Art et d'Archéologie was established and Capart was appointed as a professor.

Excavations

He was director of the El-Kab excavations from 1927 to 1929 and then 1945. He also guided the Queen on later trips in Egypt, which included visiting the Temple of Horus at Edfu in 1930.

In 2015, Fonds Jean Capart was set up in his honour "to promote the historical heritage of the Belgian Egyptologist Jean Capart with a view to nurturing both the historical and scientific aspects of Egyptology in Belgium."

Publications