Reverend Father Auguste Bergy (12 May 1873 – 31 August 1955) was a French Jesuit archaeologist known for his work on prehistory in Lebanon.[1][2]

He is known particularly for excavations and studies at the Sands of Beirut and at Ras Beirut.[3] In 1930 he discovered Tell Arslan, the oldest known neolithic village settlement in the Beirut area.[4]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ^ Auguste Bergy Biography - Lebanese Museum of Prehistory, Saint Joseph University Website
  2. ^ Henri Jalabert; Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon). Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines (1987). Jésuites au Prôche-Orient: notices biographiques. Dar el-Machreq. ISBN 9782721450289. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  3. ^ Archéologia, p. 34. A. Fanton. 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  4. ^ Eric M. Meyers; American Schools of Oriental Research (1997). The Oxford encyclopedia of archaeology in the Near East, p. 293. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-506512-1. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
  5. ^ Salwa C. Nassar Foundation for Lebanese Studies (1970). Beirut--crossroads of cultures. Librairie du Liban. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
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