Laurent Coulon
Pathways to Egyptology
The Civilization of Pharaonic Egypt stretched along the Nile for almost 3 500 years. The discipline that studies it, Egyptology, was born in 1822 with the deciphering of the hieroglyphs by Champollion, who taught at the Collège de France a few years later, with an already highly accomplished vision of its future developments. Since then, the " égyptienne " chair has continued to evolve and renew itself.
As he traces this bicentenary heritage, Laurent Coulon looks beyond philology and archaeology to consider the avenues open to Egyptology today, in particular the dialogue he hopes to establish, through anthropology, with other civilizations. He outlines the themes that will be at the heart of his lectures at : the cult of Osiris, images in ritual context and late statuary, as well as eloquence and court society.
Coulon L., Les Voies ouvertes à l'égyptologie, Paris, Collège de France, coll. "Leçons inaugurales ",no 324, 2025.
