Maspero

[ mas-puh-roh ]

/ mas pəˈroʊ /

noun

Sir Gas·ton Ca·mille Charles

[gas-tawn ka-mee-yuh sharl] /gasˈtɔ̃ kaˈmi yə ʃarl/,1846–1916, French Egyptologist.

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decorum

the act of or need for making up one's mind.

dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.

a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.

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Example sentences from the Web for maspero

That evening became known as the Maspero Massacre, a reference to the state TV building around which the marchers gathered.
Did Egypt's Arab Spring Martyrs Die in Vain?|Alastair Beach|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I met him at the Coptic Hospital when I went to visit the Maspero injured.
Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring|Ahdaf Soueif|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
His leg had been smashed—not in Maspero but in an earlier clash with the military in March.
Ahdaf Soueif’s Cairo: Remembering A City Wracked By The Arab Spring|Ahdaf Soueif|January 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It has been translated by Professors Golenisheff and Maspero.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 13|Various

Maspero's belief that she was of Egyptian (perhaps obscure) origin is most probable.
The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X)|Various
As usual, Professor Maspero has been careful to embody in his history the very latest discoveries and information.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 1 (of 12)|G. Maspero
Maspero, Mariette's successor, opened a number of pyramids of the same group and found a great quantity of inscriptions.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various
In the year 1881 the directorship of the museum was temporarily undertaken by Prof. Maspero, who resumed it in 1899.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1|Various

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