Reverend Father Paul Bovier-Lapierre (1873–1950) was a French Jesuit archaeologist, notable for his work on

prehistory Prehistory, also known as pre-literary history, is the period of human history between the use of the first stone tools by hominins 3.3 million years ago and the beginning of recorded history with the invention of writing systems. The use ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Medit ...

and surveys in southern

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to Lebanon–Syria border, the north and east and Israel to Blue ...

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Biography (in French) - Lebanese Museum of Prehistory, Saint Joseph University Website
19th-century French Jesuits 20th-century French Jesuits French Roman Catholic missionaries French archaeologists 1873 births 1950 deaths Jesuit missionaries Jesuit scientists Roman Catholic missionaries in Egypt Roman Catholic missionaries in Lebanon French expatriates in Egypt French expatriates in Lebanon {{France-archaeologist-stub