Jean Charles Gabriel Virolleaud (2 July 1879 – 17 December 1968) was a French

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

, one of the excavators of

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. Virolleaud was the author of ''La légende du Christ'' (1908) and was an advocate of the

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. He also wrote the books ''La Civilisation phénicienne'' (1933) and ''La Mythologie phénicienne'' (1938)."Charles Virolleaud", in ''Je m'appelle

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Jean-Pierre Thiollet Jean-Pierre Thiollet (; born 9 December 1956) is a French writer and journalist. He is also affiliated with the European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, a European trade union. Career Thiollet attended a school in Châtelleraul ...

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Publications

*''Premier supplément à la liste des signes cunéiformes de Brünnow'' (1903) *''Études sur la divination chaldéenne'' (1904) *''La légende du Christ'' (1908) *''L'Astrologie chaldéenne: le livre intitulé "Enuma (Anu ilu) Bel"'' (1908) *''L'Astrologie chaldéenne: Supplement'' (1909) *''La Civilisation phénicienne'' (1933) *''La Mythologie phénicienne'' (1938)

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