Joseph Hackin (8 November 1886,
Boevange-sur-Attert – 24 February 1941) was a French archaeologist and
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member. He was a curator at the
Musée Guimet and explored
Afghanistan
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in 1923 with
Alfred Foucher and
Andre Godard.
Biography
Born in
Luxembourg
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, he graduated from the
Ecole libre des sciences politiques and the
École des langues orientales, Paris. He acquired French nationality in 1912. Initially, he was an assistant curator of the
Musée Guimet and later became the curator.
In 1931, he participated in the
Yellow Expedition
The Yellow Expedition (french: Croisière Jaune) was a French trans-Asian expedition in 1931/1932. It was organized by Citroën in order to promote their P17 Kégresse track vehicles. The expedition started in Beirut and, the capital of French ...
. After several archaeological missions in Afghanistan, he was appointed director of the
Délégation archéologique française en Afghanistan in 1934.
During the excavations conducted by Hackin and his team in
Begram, between 1937 and 1940, an exceptional treasure of the
Kushan
The Kushan Empire ( grc, Βασιλεία Κοσσανῶν; xbc, Κυϸανο, ; sa, कुषाण वंश; Brahmi: , '; BHS: ; xpr, 𐭊𐭅𐭔𐭍 𐭇𐭔𐭕𐭓, ; zh, 貴霜 ) was a syncretic empire, formed by the Yuezhi, ...
period (1st–2nd century A.D.) was unearthed. It included a large number of Roman bronze, alabaster, Syrian glass, coins, Chinese lacquer bowls, and the famous "
Begram ivories".
In October 1940, with his wife,
Marie Hackin, he joined the
Free French Forces in London. He was appointed as the personal representative of
General de Gaulle in India and surrounding countries. He perished with his wife when their transport ship, "Jonathan Holt", was sunk by a
German torpedo near the
Faroe Islands
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They are located north-northwest of Scotlan ...
, 24 February 1941.
[Exhibition : ''De l'Asie à la France libre. Joseph et Marie Hackin, archéologues et compagnons de la Libération'', Paris, 15 June–16 September 2018 (Musée de l'Ordre de la Libération, Musée de l'Armée, Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet).]
Decorations
*
Croix de Guerre 1914-1918
* Chevalier de la
Légion d'Honneur
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*
Compagnon de la Libération
References
External links
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French Resistance members
1886 births
1941 deaths
20th-century French archaeologists
People from Mersch (canton)
Luxembourgian emigrants to France
French explorers
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