Publication of the opening lecture by Professor Laurent Coulon

Laurent Coulon

Les Voies ouvertes à l'égyptologie

An erudite genealogy of Egyptology at the Collège de France since Champollion, and a vision of its future.

The Civilization of Pharaonic Egypt stretches along the Nile for almost 3 500 years. The discipline that studies it, Egyptology, was born in 1822 with the deciphering of hieroglyphs by Champollion, who taught at the Collège de France a few years later, with a vision of its future developments already well developed.Since then,the " égyptienne "chairhas 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, avril 2024, 64  p.

ISBN :978-2-7226-0645-6
Price :12 €
Publication :11 April 2024

Laurent Coulon is an Egyptologist specializing in ancient Egyptian religion. A former student at the École normale supérieure, former scientific member then director of the Institut français d'archéologie orientale, director of studies at the École pratique des hautes études - PSL, he has held the chair The Civilization of Pharaonic Egypt at the Collège de France since 2023.