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Émile Chassinat

Émile Gaston Chassinat
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Born (1868-05-05)May 5, 1868
Paris
Died May 26, 1948(1948-05-26) (aged 80)
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Nationality French
Occupation Egyptologist

Émile Gaston Chassinat (May 5, 1868 - May 26, 1948) was a French Egyptologist. Director of the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo in Cairo from 1898/9 to 1911/2, Chassinat acquired two of the Amarna tablets in 1903.



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