Michel Baud (11 November 1963 – 13 September 2012) was a French Egyptologist, head of the

Nubia Nubia (, Nobiin language, Nobiin: , ) is a region along the Nile river encompassing the area between the confluence of the Blue Nile, Blue and White Nile, White Niles (in Khartoum in central Sudan), and the Cataracts of the Nile, first cataract ...

n Sudan section in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the

Louvre Museum The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

. As such, he was the organizer of an exhibition devoted exclusively to Meroe, Sudan's ancient kingdom known for its legendary capital city and its famous royal necropolis. He was also the director of the archaeological mission on the site of the necropolis at

Abu Rawash Abu Rawash (also spelled ''Abu Roach'', Abu Roash; , , , "flesh of sensual pleasures"), north of Giza, is the site of Egypt's most northerly pyramid, also known as the lost pyramid – the mostly ruined Pyramid of Djedefre, the so ...

, and published papers on it such as ''La ceramique miniature d'Abou Rawash''. He was a resident of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo. He was also the author of works on the late Old Kingdom

South Saqqara Stone The South Saqqara Stone is the lid of the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian queen Ankhesenpepi I, which was inscribed with a list for the reigns of the pharaohs of the 6th Dynasty from Teti, Userkare, Pepi I, Merenre to the early years of Pepi ...

annal document with Vassil Dobrev, published between 1995 and 1997 in BIFAO. Baud died on 13 September 2012 at the age of 48.Michel-Baud, Medieval Sai Project: The Greek Norwegian Archaeological Mission to Sudan
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Major publications

*''Djéser et la IIIe dynastie : Imhotep, Saqqara, Memphis, les pyramides à degrés'', Paris, Pygmalion, coll. « Les Grands Pharaons », 2007, 302 p. () *''Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 1 & 2'', Institut français d'archéologie orientale (1999), Bibliothèque d'étude 126,
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*''De nouvelles annales de l'Ancien Empire Egyptien. Une "Pierre de Palerme" pour la VIe dynastie'', Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale 95, pp. 23–92
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*''Méroé, un empire sur le Nil'', Officina Libraria, 2010 ()

References

French Egyptologists French archaeologists People associated with the Louvre History of Nubia 2012 deaths 1963 births People from Tarbes Members of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale {{France-archaeologist-stub