French Institute Of Oriental Archaeology

The French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (or IFAO) is a French Institute of Research in Archaeology based in Cairo ( Egypt ), belonging to the network of French schools abroad. This is the first French scientific institution located in Egypt.

The IFAO is by statute a public institution with scientific, cultural and professional, under the authority of the Ministry of National Education, Higher Education and Research.

His areas of research include the archeology , the history and philology of different civilizations having succeeded in Egypt.

The printing of the IFAO ensures the publication of the Institute's research, the BIFAO (Bulletin of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology) since 1901, the Annals Islamic studies since 1954, BCAI (Bulletin critique des Annales Islamic studies) from 1984, the ECB (Newsletter of the International Group for the Study of Egyptian pottery) since 1975, and many other publications (see below). The printing of the IFAO created and used (and recommended to its authors) some fonts computerized. These fonts Unicode have been developed in conjunction with the IFAO by IT, printing and more language specialists Egyptian, Greek and Coptic, partly on the basis of the old cast lead used for a century. The download is available on the website of the IFAO. Hieroglyphic texts are composed using MacScribe.

The Institute has a library with over 80,000 volumes and an archives department, created in 1972, bringing together the scientific and photographic records of all work of the Institute since that date until today, and the record keeping older.

Scientific members are appointed for a term of one year, renewable three times over by the Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research on the proposal of the Scientific Council of the institution, after consulting an admissions committee. The scientists are members of two sections: the first includes studies and Egyptology papyrological, and the second Coptic Studies, Arab and Islamic countries.

Summary 1 History 2 Administration 2.1 Directors 2.2 Director of Studies 2.3 Loading of scientific and technical relations 2.4 Researchers 3 Publications 4 Research Themes and Programs 5 Archaeological 6 Internal Link 7 External links

History

The IFAO was established on 28 December 1880 by a decree signed by Jules Ferry establishing a permanent mission in Cairo, Egypt counterpart of the French Schools of Athens and Rome , under the name School of Cairo. It was only in 1898, he received his final title of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology.

Administration

Directors

• 1,880 - 1 881 : Gaston Maspero
• One thousand eight hundred and eighty-one - 1,883 : Eugene Lefebure
• 1883 - in 1886 : Eugene Grbaut
• 1886 - in 1898 : Urban Bouriant
• 1898 - 1911 : Emile Gaston Chassinat
• One thousand nine hundred and twelve - 1914 : Pierre Lacau
• 1 914 - 1 928 : Georges Foucart
• In 1928 - 1940 : Pierre Jouguet
• In 1940 - one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three : Charles Kuentz
• 1953 - 1959 : Jean Sainte Fare Garnot
• 1959 - one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine : Franois Daumas
• One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine - 1976 : Serge Sauneron
• 1 977 - one thousand nine hundred and eighty-one : Jean Vercoutter
• One thousand nine hundred eighty-one - in 1989 : Paule Posener-Krieger
• 1 989 - one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine : Nicolas Grimal
• In 1999 - 2005 : Bernard Mathieu
• Two thousand and five - two thousand and ten : Laure Pantalacci
• since mid- 2010 : Beatrix Midant-Reynes

Directors of studies

• One thousand nine hundred and ninety - 1996 : Christian Decobert
• One thousand nine hundred ninety-six - 2004 : Christian Velud
• since 22 June 2005 : Sylvie Denoix

Officers of scientific and technical relations

• - 2008 : Jean-Pierre Corteggiani
• 2008 -: Sibylle Emerit

Researchers

• Members List

Publications

Catalogue direct online access

• AnIsl: Annals Islamology direct online access
• BCAI: Bulletin critique des Annales Islamology direct online access
• ECB: Newsletter of the International Group for the Study of Egyptian pottery
• BEC: Coptic Library Study
• Library Review
• BIFAO: Bulletin of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology direct online access
• CAI: Journal of Islamic Studies Book
• CEC: Egyptian Book of the ceramic
• DFIFAO: Records of excavations of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology
• Alexandrian studies, publications of the Centre for Alexandrian
• Urban Studies
• FIFAO: Excavations of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology
• MIFAO: memoirs published by members of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology
• MMAF: memoirs published by members of the French Archaeological Mission in Cairo
• Hieroglyphic paleography
• PIFAO: Publications of the Department of Antiquities of Egypt and Ifao
• RAPH: Research archeology, philology and history
• CEAR: Chronological Directory of Arabic epigraphy
• Taei: Texts Arab and Islamic Studies
• Temples
• TTA: Texts and translations of oriental authors
• Western travelers to Egypt

Research areas and programs

• Lines of research programs and direct access online

Archaeological excavations

• Archaeological excavations direct online access

Internal link

• Archaeological excavation in Egypt

External Links

• Official site of the IFAO
• MacScribe , the hieroglyphic word processor

A public, scientific, cultural and professional (EPSCP)
Public research institutions and higher educational status with French EPSCP.
Universities	Aix-Marseille 1 2 3 Amiens Angers Antilles-Guyane Artois Avignon Besanon Bordeaux: 1 2 3 4 Brest South Brittany Caen Cergy-Pontoise Chambry Clermont Ferrand: 1 2 Corsica Dijon Evry Grenoble : 1 2 3 Le Havre Lille: 1 2 3 Limoges Coastline Lyon: 1 2 3 Marne-la-Valle The Mans Metz Montpellier: 1 2 3 Mulhouse Nancy: 1 2 Nantes Nice Nimes New Caledonia Orlans Paris: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 12 13 Pau Perpignan Poitiers French Polynesia Reims Rennes: 1 2 Reunion La Rochelle Rouen Saint-tienne Strasbourg Toulon Toulouse: 1 2 3 Tours Valenciennes Versailles National Institutes Polytechnics: Nancy Toulouse
Institutes and schools outside the universities	Central Schools: Lille Lyon Nantes Marseille National Institutes of Applied Science: Lyon Rennes Toulouse Rouen Strasbourg Universities of Technology: Compiegne Belfort-Montbeliard Troyes National Engineering School of Saint-Etienne School Nationale Superieure des Arts and Textile Industries National School of Public Works of the State Higher Institute of Mechanical Paris
Higher teacher	ENS ENS Lyon ENS Cachan
French schools abroad	Casa de Velzquez French School of Archaeology in Athens French School of Far East French School in Rome French Institute of Oriental Archaeology
Large Facilities	Polytechnics: Bordeaux Grenoble College de France Conservatoire National des Arts et Mtiers Ecole Centrale Paris Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales National School of Charters National College of Arts and Crafts Ecole Nationale Superieure des Sciences Information and Libraries Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris National Institute of History of Art National Museum of Natural History Observatoire de Paris University of Sciences and Technology organizations and the decision of Paris-Dauphine International Centre for Advanced Studies in Agricultural Sciences Graduate School of Public Health National School of Roads and Bridges Institute of Science and Industry and Life Environment National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations National Sports Institute, expertise and performance Higher National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Food and Environment Higher Institute of Aeronautics and space Higher Institute of Agricultural Science, food, horticulture and landscape Institute of Higher Education and Research in food, animal health, agricultural sciences and the environment National Veterinary School, food and nutrition Nantes-Atlantique National School Marine
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