Alexandre Moret (; 19 September 1868,

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) was a French

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Life

From 1906 to 1923 Moret was curator of the

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. In 1918 Moret succeeded

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as Director of Studies for the Religions of Egypt within the Fifth Section of the

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, devoted to

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. In 1923 he became Professor of Egyptology at the

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, and in 1927 a member of the

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. In 1926 he delivered the

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, taking the killing of god in Egypt as his theme.Alexandre Moret, ''La mise à mort du Dieu en Égypte'', Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1927. Moret developed an interest in Durkheimian

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, co-authoring a book on ancient society with

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Works

* ''Du caractère religieux de la royauté pharaonique'', 1902. * ''Le rituel du culte divin journalier en Égypte, d'après les papyrus de Berlin et les textes du temple de Séti 1er, à Abydos '', 1902. * ''Études sur le calendrier égyptien'', 1907. * ''Au temps des Pharaons'', 1908. Translated by Madame Moret as ''In the time of the Pharaohs'', 1911. * ''Chronologie égyptienne'', 1912. * ''Rois et dieux d'Égypte'', 1911. Translated by Madame Moret as ''Kings and Gods of Egypt'', 1912. * ''Mystères égyptiens'', 1913. * ''Sarcophages de l'époque bubastite à l'époque saïte'', 1913 * (with Georges Davy) ''Des clans aux empires; l'organisation sociale chez les primitifs et dans l'Orient ancien''. Translated by V. Gordon Childe as ''From Tribe to Empire: social organization among primitives and in the Ancient East'', 1926 * ''Le Nil et la civilisation égyptienne'', 1926. Translated by M. R. Dobie as ''The Nile and Egyptian civilization'', 1927. * ''Histoire de l'Orient'', 1936.

References

External links

Collège de France list of Chair of Egyptian Archaeology
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moret, Alexandre 1868 births 1938 deaths French Egyptologists