Open to the public from 9:30 to 17:30
september 17th and 18th, 2016
Visit to the Collège de France and "Ugarit between East and West" exhibition
In collaboration with the Mission archéologique syro-française de Ras Shamra - Ougarit
Exhibition:
- The Ugarit mission and its legacy
- Schaeffer, itinerary of a professor at the Collège de France
- Archaeology at the Collège de France
The exhibition retraces the history of the excavations carried out since 1929 in Syria on the site of Ougarit, thanks to the archives of the Schaeffer collection. It takes up the itinerary of Professor Claude Schaeffer, inventor of the site, and presents some of the archaeological campaigns currently being carried out by research teams at the Collège de France.
The European Heritage Days will be preceded by a symposium on "Society and religion at Ougarit" on September 15 and 16.
