Count Robert du Mesnil du Buisson (9 April 1895, Champobert, Bourges – 8 April 1986,

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(el-Mishrifeh: 1924, 1927–29),

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(Tell el-Ahmar: 1927, 1929–31), Hadatu (

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, 1928), and was vice-director of excavations at

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from 1932 to 1937 coordinated between

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led by

Clark Hopkins Clark Hopkins (New York City, 16 September 1895 – 1976) was an American archaeologist. During the 1930s he led the joint French-American excavations at Dura Europos. In later years he was professor of art and archeology at the University of Mic ...

and the French

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.C. Hopkins, ''The discovery of Dura-Europos'', ed. B. Goldman, 1979. He discovered the Synagogue of Dura Europos and published on the synagogue's frescos in 1939. Among his other archeological finds were the Baalshamin and the

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Conservation work

From 1969 he became actively involved in work to preserve the Le manoir d'Argentelles at Villebadin. He died of injuries sustained in a car accident in 1986.

Publications

* ''La Technique des fouilles archéologiques. Les principes généraux'', Paris, 1934 * ''La Basilique chrétienne du quartier Karm el-Arabis à Homs'', Beirut, 1930 * ''Le Site archéologique de Mishrifé-Qatna'', Paris, 1935 * ''Les Noms et signes égyptiens désignant des vases ou objets similaire'', Paris, 1936 * ''Les peintures de la Synagogue de Doura-Europos, 245-246 après J.-C.'', Rome, 1939 * ''Le sautoir d'Atargatis et la chaîne d'amulettes'' 1947 * ''Le Manoir d'Argentelles : Sauvetage d'une œuvre d'art en péril'', éd. Gallier, 1969 * ''Etudes sur les dieux phéniciens hérités par l'Empire romain'' 1970 * ''Nouvelles études sur les dieux et les mythes de Canaan'' 1973

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Du Mesnil du Buisson, Robert 1895 births 1986 deaths French soldiers French archaeologists French military personnel of World War I French male non-fiction writers 20th-century French historians 20th-century archaeologists 20th-century French male writers