Françoise Dunand (; born 1934) is a French

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of the

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. She is a specialist in Greek and

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Career

Since 1981, Françoise Dunand has been leading the "Alpha Necropolis" team to excavate the necropolises at the Kharga Oasis in Egypt. She is a former member of the

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(IFAO) in Cairo, she has published a number of books and articles on late Egyptian religious beliefs and practices. Since 1983 she has directed IFAO archaeological excavations at the necropolis at the village of in Egypt's western desert. The findings at Duch are partly presented in her book . She frequently collaborates with Roger Lichtenberg, a medical doctor and director of the

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unit at the in Paris. He has conducted anthropological and palaeopathological studies on the mummies of Duch, and is co-author of . She participated in the writing of a collective work by signing in the second chapter entitled , an article .

Awards

* 1999: Prix Clio for archaeological research – Special Jury Prize for her ''Etude archéologique et anthropologique de la nécropole d'El Deioasis de Kharga'' * 2002: Prix Clio for archaeological research – for her ''Kharga''

Selected publications

* Co-author with Roger Lichtenberg, ''Les momies : Un voyage dans l'éternité'', collection « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 118), série Archéologie. Éditions Gallimard, 1991 (new edition in 2007) ** US edition – '' Mummies: A Voyage Through Eternity'', "

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" series. Harry N. Abrams, 1994 ** UK edition – ''Mummies: A Journey Through Eternity'', '

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' series. Thames & Hudson, 1994 * Co-author with Roger Lichtenberg, ''Les égyptiens'', coll. « Les grandes civilisations ». Éditions du Chêne, 2004 * Co-author with Christiane Zivie-Coche, ''Gods and Men in Egypt: 3000 BCE to 395 CE'', Cornell University Press, 2004 * Co-author with Roger Lichtenberg, ''Mummies and Death in Egypt'', Cornell University Press, 2007 * ''Isis, mère des dieux'', coll. « Babel ». Actes Sud, 2008 ; Participated in the collective work * AA.VV., ''La mort et l'immortalité : Encyclopédie des savoirs et des croyances'', Bayard, 2004

Documentary

(lit. 'The Mummies of the Desert'), a 13-minute short documentary film about Françoise Dunand's archaeological dig at the Kharga Oasis, directed by Serge Tignères and Alain Zenou. It is part of the DVD from

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's documentary series '' The Human Adventure'', and available in English.

References

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