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Maspero

American  
[mas-puh-roh] / mas pəˈroʊ /

noun

  1. Sir Gaston Camille Charles 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.


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The Queens of Egypt: with a preface by Maspero.

From The Truth About Woman by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley

Professor Maspero has translated an interesting inscription made in her honour by one of the workmen employed in the cemetery.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

Since his death the charge of the Museum has been entrusted to the two well-known Egyptologists, Professor Maspero and Herr Emil Brugsch.

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by James King

I may add that Khar or Khal, the name given by the Egyptians to the southern portion of Palestine, is identified by Professor Maspero with the Horites of the Old Testament.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

But the best proof of its artificial nature is to be found in a fact first pointed out by Professor Maspero.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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