About Raoul Desribes
Lived 1856 – 1940 (aged 83–84). Raoul Desribes was a French anthropologist and archaeologist.
Reverend Father Raoul Desribes (born in 1856, died in 1940) was a French Jesuit archaeologist notable for his work on prehistory in Lebanon, particularly the archaeological site of Minet Dalieh at Ras Beirut. He found two paleolithic bone harpoons.
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Who was Raoul Desribes?
archaeologist (1856–1940)
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Raoul Desribes was born in 1856.
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Raoul Desribes died in 1940.
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Raoul Desribes was an anthropologist and archaeologist.
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Raoul Desribes was French.
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