Michel Baud (11 November 1963 – 13 September 2012) was a French Egyptologist, head of the

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n Sudan section in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the

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. As such, he was the organizer of an exhibition devoted exclusively to Meroe, Sudan's ancient kingdom known for its legendary capital city and its famous royal necropolis. He was also the director of the archaeological mission on the site of the necropolis at

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, and published papers on it such as ''La ceramique miniature d'Abou Rawash''. He was a resident of the

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. He was also the author of works on the late Old Kingdom

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, published between 1995 and 1997 in BIFAO. Baud died on 13 September 2012 at the age of 48.Michel-Baud, Medieval Sai Project: The Greek Norwegian Archaeological Mission to Sudan
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Major publications

*''Djéser et la IIIe dynastie : Imhotep, Saqqara, Memphis, les pyramides à degrés'', Paris, Pygmalion, coll. « Les Grands Pharaons », 2007, 302 p. () *''Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 1 & 2'', Institut français d'archéologie orientale (1999), Bibliothèque d'étude 126,
available online
*''De nouvelles annales de l'Ancien Empire Egyptien. Une "Pierre de Palerme" pour la VIe dynastie'', Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale 95, pp. 23–92
available online
*''Méroé, un empire sur le Nil'', Officina Libraria, 2010 ()

References

French Egyptologists French archaeologists People associated with the Louvre History of Nubia 2012 deaths 1963 births People from Tarbes Members of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale {{France-archaeologist-stub