Jacques de Morgan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jacques de Morgan

French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist

Date of Birth: 03-Jun-1857

Place of Birth: Huisseau-sur-Cosson, Centre-Val de Loire, France

Date of Death: 12-Jun-1924

Profession: engineer, geologist, biologist, egyptologist, numismatist, archaeologist, anthropologist, civil engineer, mining engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Jacques de Morgan

  • Jean-Jacques de Morgan (3 June 1857, Huisseau-sur-Cosson, Loir-et-Cher – 14 June 1924) was a French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist.
  • He was the director of antiquities in Egypt during the 19th century, and excavated in Memphis and Dashur, providing many drawings of many Egyptian pyramids.
  • He also worked at Stonehenge, and Persepolis, and many other sites. He also went to Russian Armenia, as manager of a copper mine at Akhtala.
  • "The Caucasus is of special interest in the study of the origins of metals; it is the easternmost point from which prehistoric remains are known; older than Europe and Greece, it still retains the traces of those civilizations that were the cradle of our own." In 1887-89 he unearthed 576 graves around Alaverdi and Akhatala, near the Tiflis-Alexandropol railway line.

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