The team
Marc Maillot
directeur
Doctor in Egyptology from Paris-Sorbonne University, Marc was appointed as director of the SFDAS/French Unit in Khartoum. Specialized in Meroitic Architecture and Urbanism, he (...)
Romain David
chercheur
Ceramologist, PhD in Egyptology of the Institute François Daumas, Paul Valéry University – Montpellier III. The subject if his thesis is “Meroitic funerary ceramics, typology, (...)
Awadallah Ali el-Bacha
collaborateur
Driver and technician on excavation sites for the SFDAS since 2000. Since 1976, he has participated in numerous excavations in Sudan (Saï, Sedeinga, el-Hassa, Selima, Kerma, (...)
Coralie Prenat
collaborateur
Graduate in Archaeological Science from Bordeaux Montaigne University, France. Coralie undertook her end-of-course internship at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and (...)
Taysir el-Hadi
collaborateur
Passionnée de langues étrangères, Taysir obtient en 2016 une licence en langues étrangères appliquées anglais et espagnol à l’Université Paris 7 Diderot. En parallèle, elle poursuit (...)
Elsa Jadot
collaborateur
Archeologist, ceramic specialist. PhD in archaeology of the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is an associate researcher at the CNRS (UMR 8096). Specialized in ancient (...)
Claude Rilly
ancien membre directeur
Doctor in Egyptology and linguistics, director of the French archaeological mission of Sedeinga (SEDAU), co-editor of the Meroitic Newsletters, member of board of the (...)
Vincent Rondot
ancien membre directeur
Research fellow at the CNRS at Lille III (UMR 8164) and director of the SFDAS from 2005 to 2009. He was first a scientific member of the French Institute of Oriental (...)
Francis Geus (1941-2005)
ancien membre directeur
Lecturer at the University Charles de Gaulle – Lille III, he was the first member of the SFDAS in 1967 before becoming director between 1975 and 1984 and from 2000 to 2004. He (...)
Jacques Reinold
ancien membre directeur
Specialist of the Neolithic period in Sudan, director of the SFDAS from 1984 to 2000. He is now associate searcher at the SFDAS. 2008 “Rescue survey and excavations in the (...)
André Vila
ancien membre directeur
Director of the SFDAS from 1969 to 1975. • 1989 “Une hypothèse consolidée : les populations à insérer entre méroïtique et ballanéen”, Meroitica 10, p. 763-770. • 1987 “Gens à anneaux, gens à cistes”, Meroitica 7, 1987, p. 557-570. • 1982 “Analyse des sépultures péri-Napatéennes à Abri”, Meroitica 6, p. 105-122. • La Prospection de la vallée du Nil au Sud de la Cataract de Dal, (...)
Jean Vercoutter
ancien membre directeur
He graduated from the EHESS (Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences) with a PhD thesis entitled “Egyptian and Egyptianizing artefacts from Carthagenian funerary (...)
Vincent Francigny
ancien membre directeur
Doctor in Egyptology, he defended his thesis on “the private Meroitic tomb” at the University Lille 3. He received the Max Serres Award from the Académie des Inscriptions et (...)
Coralie Gradel
ancien membre chercheur
Doctor in Egyptology, her thesis was on “Long distance trade in the kingdom of Meroe”. She received a BAR grant at the SFDAS and took part in several excavations in Sudan. Since (...)
Hélène Delattre
ancien membre collaborateur
Doctoral student at the universities of Paris IV-Sorbonne and Neuchâtel in pre- and protohistory. Her thesis deals with “Prehistory and Protohistory of Upper Nubia, between the (...)
Marie Evina
ancien membre collaborateur
Ceramologist, doctoral student at the University of Poitiers, former grantee of the SFDAS 2008-2009. Her thesis is about “Common Meroitic ceramics: production and use in the (...)
Yves Lecointe
ancien membre collaborateur
Archaeologist, he has been living in Sudan since 1975 and has participated for thirty years in the archaeological excavation campaigns led by the SFDAS, the universities of (...)
Patrice Lenoble
ancien membre collaborateur
Trained as teacher, he studied classical archaeology in Paris and pursued his career in Switzerland on prehistoric sites (1973-1975). He joined the SFDAS in Khartoum in 1976 (...)
François Lenoir
ancien membre collaborateur
Topographer (ESTP – technical engineering school), International volunteer at the SFDAS in 2008-2009. He particularly provided an important mapping work of the site of (...)
Elsa Yvanez
ancien membre collaborateur
Doctoral student at the university of Charles-de-Gaulle - Lille 3 with a thesis dealing with “Textiles in the Meroitic period”, she was a BAR grantee at the SFDAS between (...)
René-Pierre Dissaux
ancien membre collaborateur
Study engineer in archaeology at the CNRS (since 2001), Sudan specialist. He was a draughtsman-archaeologist for the French Section of Sudanese Antiquities from 1979 to 1982. (...)
Solène Marion de Procé
ancien membre collaborateur
Archaeologist and PhD candidate at the university of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, she studies pre-islamic religion in the western Arabian Peninsula, particularly in the kingdom (...)
Raphaël Pouriel
ancien membre collaborateur
Archaeologist, he became in field director in 2004 then scientific director in 2009 for Archéopole, a preventive archaeology operator in the Nord-Pas de Calais region working (...)
Gabrielle Choimet
ancien membre collaborateur
Archaeologist specialized in Eastern countries, trained at Paris-Sorbonne University and Avignon University. Several excavations and surveys in the Middle East: Oman (...)
Talal El Mobarak
ancien membre collaborateur
Talal Al-Mubarak Has awarded the Bachelor’s degree of French literature from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities - University Mohammed V - Rabat – Morocco. Currently he is a (...)
Sébastien Maillot
ancien membre collaborateur
Archaeologist, PhD candidate in Egyptology at Paris-Sorbonne University, his thesis focuses upon the Workshop Installations inside Religious Complexes in Egypt and Sudan. He (...)
Anne-Sophie Bertrand
ancien membre collaborateur
Graduated of the Louvre School and Sorbonne, with 15 years of experience in cultural heritage, Anne-Sophie worked for Fine Arts galleries, in Havre, Rouen and Caen. In the (...)
Marie-Paule Jung
ancien membre collaborateur
Archéologue. Diplômée de l’Ecole du Louvre, elle y a suivit l’enseignement d’égyptologie et effectué des recherches sur les restaurations antiques de statues dans le cadre de travaux (...)
Sarah Hieba
ancien membre collaborateur
Sarah is a BA holder in Business administration, graduated from Ahfad University for Women (AUW) in 2015. Her university research, ‘Discrimination at employment, through Gender (...)
Manon Routhiau
ancien membre collaborateur
Archaeologist, graduated from the University of Nantes where she obtained a double master’s degree (Research and Professional) in Metropolitan French Archaeology. Her (...)
Latest releases
Palaces and large residences of the Meroitic Kingdom
"Palaces and large residences of the Meroitic Kingdom", by Marc Maillot, Sorbonne University Press/SFDAS editions. Two volumes, 64 euros.
Funerary customs in the kingdom of Meroe
Vincent FRANCIGNY Paris, Editions Boccard, 2017 ISSN 2101-3195 - ISBN 978-2-7018-0520-7
History and civilizations of Sudan
The pyramids of Meroe made generations of travelers dream, but Sudan of which they are the emblem remains largely unknown. Hence this encyclopedic work, the first synthesis of (...)