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Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale

The Institut français d'archéologie orientale (or IFAO), also known as the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo, is a French research institute based in Cairo, Egypt, dedicated to the study of the archaeology, history and languages of the various periods of Egypt's civilisation.

The IFAO is under the authority of the French Ministry for National Education.

The Institute conducts archaeological excavations and also publishes a number of books and journals most notably Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale or BIFAO which this French institution has published annually since 1901.

The Institute houses a library with over 80 000 volumes, including a copy of the Description de l'Égypte. It also maintains an archives department, established in 1972, which preserves administrative, material, and scientific records from all of the Institute’s projects, as well as a vast collection of historical photographs.

History

The IFAO was created on 28 December 1880 by a signed decree of the French Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts Jules Ferry, which created a permanent Mission in Cairo, intended as a counterpart in Egypt of the French School at Athens (Ecole française d'Athènes) and French School of Rome (Ecole française de Rome), under the name of French School of Cairo (École française du Caire).

The School adopted its current name of Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale in 1898. In 1907, the IFAO moved into Mounira Palace. In 1929, a restoration of the building is undertaken, which includes the replacement of the art nouveau decoration on the façade with neo-classical.

Since February 2011, the IFAO has been a part of the network, Écoles françaises à l’étranger (EFE), made of five higher education and research establishments. The other four establishments are École française d'Athènes (French School in Athens), École française de Rome (French School in Rome), École française d’Extrême-Orient (French School of the Far East), and Casa de Velázquez, Madrid.

Administration

Directors

Head of Scientific and Technical Relations

Recent IFAO archaeological excavations

This section originally from French Wikipedia article:
:25 March - 28 April 2004 (10th expedition)
  • Adaima
:1 November - 15 December 2003 (15th expedition)
:4 October - 28 December 2003
:7 October 2005 - 7 January 2006
:4 January - 8 February 2004
:27 March - 18 May 2004
:20 December 2003 - 4 May 2004
  • Baouit
:11–29 September 2003
:12 April - 12 June 2003
:7 October - 22 November 2003
:26 April - 15 June 2004
:27 September - 25 October 2003
:12–15 December 2003
:November 2003 - February 2004
:2014 to present
  • Qal' At Al-Guindi
:17 February-6 March 2004
  • the temple of Qasr Al-Aguz
:April 2001, carried out by Pr Claude Traunecker (1st expedition)
:10 April 2004 - 29 April 2004 (4th expedition)
  • Saqqara-South, directed by Vassil Dobrev
:8 October 2003 - 30 December 2003
:1994 (1st expedition)
:25 August - 30 October 2003
  • in the area of Aïn Soukhna, joint with the University Paris IV-Sorbonne
  • Tanis
  • Tinnîs, in collaboration with the British expedition of the University of Cambridge
:5–17 April 2004
  • El Tôd, carried out by Christophe Thiers (6th expedition)
:15 November - 11 December 2003

Publications

The Institute has a library containing more than 80,000 volumes, and also publishes a variety of books and journals. The IFAO's scientific members belong to two sections: the first studies ancient Egyptian and papyrological matters, while the second studies the Coptic and Islamic periods.

Journals and book series of the IFAO include:

References

External links

  • MacScribe (IFAO's hieroglyphic text processing software)