Raymond Weill

Raymond Weill (28 Jan 1874 in Elbeuf to 13 July 1950 in Paris) was a French archaeologist specializing in Egyptology.

Biography

He began his career in the military before starting a career with Gaston Maspero at the École pratique des hautes études at the age of 30, where he taught from 1928 to 1945.

He specialized in the history of Ancient Egypt, specifically the Second Intermediate Period. He published several works on the end of the 12th dynasty and the Hyksos. Towards the end of his life, he came to the conviction that Hyksos had reigned as local kings in the Nile Delta during the late 12th Dynasty.

Weill was one of the first archaeologists to undertake excavations in Wadi Hilweh, Jerusalem, a site he first referred to as "The City of David" after identifying it as the place where David is said to have set up his capital.[1]

Works
  • Les Décrets Royaux de l'Ancien Égyptien … étude sur les décrets royaux trouvés à Koptos … 1910 et 1911. 1912.
  • La fin du Moyen Empire Égyptien: étude sur les monuments et l'histoire de la période comprise entre la 12e et la 18e dynastie. 1918.
  • La Cité de David, 1913-1914, Paris: P. Geuthner, 1920.
  • Bases, méthodes et resultats de la Chronologie Égyptienne. 1926–1928.
  • Douzième Dynastie, royauté de Haute-Égypte et domination Hyksos dans le nord. 1953 (postum).

Bibliography
  • Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology. 4th revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1, S. 571.
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References
  1. Wendy Pullan, Maximilian Sternberg, Lefkos Kyriacou, Craig Larkin, Michael Dumper (2013-11-20). "David's City in Palestinian Silwan". The Struggle for Jerusalem's Holy Places. Routledge. pp. 76–77. ISBN 978-1-317-97556-4.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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