Bernadette Menu (born 1942) is a French

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...

, whose research work on ancient Egypt is widely known. She is mother of the writer Jean-Christophe Menu.

Career

Bernadette Menu is Honorary Director of Research at the

French National Centre for Scientific Research The French National Centre for Scientific Research (french: link=no, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS) is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. In 2016, it employed 31,637 ...

(

Paul Valéry University, Montpellier III Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

), president of the (“International Association for the Study of the Law of Ancient Egypt”) and former professor of Ancient Egyptian at

Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III The Charles de Gaulle University – Lille III (french: Université Lille 3 Charles-de-Gaulle) was a French university. Since 1974, the main campus of University of Lille III was located in Villeneuve d'Ascq in eastern Lille, at ''Pont de Bois'' me ...

and

Institut Catholique de Paris The Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), known in English as the Catholic University of Paris (and in Latin as ''Universitas catholica Parisiensis''), is a private university located in Paris, France. History: 1875–present The Institut Catholiq ...

. Her illustrated pocket book about

Ramesses II Ramesses II ( egy, wikt:rꜥ-ms-sw, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is oft ...

, , from the

collection Collection or Collections may refer to: * Cash collection, the function of an accounts receivable department * Collection (church), money donated by the congregation during a church service * Collection agency, agency to collect cash * Collectio ...

“

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an editorial collection of illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in pocket format. The books are concise introductions to pa ...

”, has been translated into eight languages, including English.

Publications

* ''Le régime juridique des terres et du personnel attaché à la terre dans le Papyrus Wilbour'', Publications de la faculté des lettres et sciences humaines, N° XVII, Institut de papyrologie et d’égyptologie, 1970 * ''L’Obélisque de la Concorde'', Éditions du Lunx, 1987 * ''Ramsès II : Souverain des souverains'', collection «

» (nº 344), série Histoire. Éditions Gallimard, 1998 ** US edition – ''Ramesses II: Greatest of the Pharaohs'', “

Abrams Discoveries Abrams may refer to: * Abrams (surname), a list of notable people with the surname * '' Abrams v. United States'', 250 U.S. 616 (1919), U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding free speech during times of war * M1 Abrams, main battle tank * Abrams, Wi ...

” series. Harry N. Abrams, 1999 ** UK edition – ''Ramesses the Great: Warrior and Builder'', ‘

New Horizons ''New Horizons'' is an Interplanetary spaceflight, interplanetary space probe that was launched as a part of NASA's New Frontiers program. Engineered by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) and the Southwest Research ...

’ series. Thames & Hudson, 1999 * ''Vivre en Égypte ancienne'', collection « Découvertes Gallimard Texto » (nº 1). Éditions Gallimard, 1998 * ''Exercices corrigés de la petite grammaire de l’égyptien hiéroglyphique à l’usage des débutants'', Librairie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1998 * ''Recherches sur l’histoire juridique, économique et sociale de l’ancienne Égypte. II'', Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1998 * ''Égypte pharaonique : Nouvelles recherches sur l’histoire juridique, économique et sociale de l’ancienne Égypte'', collection « Droit et cultures » (nº 4). Éditions L’Harmattan, 2004

References

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