Claude Traunecker

Claude Traunecker
Born	1943 Mulhouse, France
Occupation(s)	Egyptologist, professor, researcher
Employer(s)	University of Strasbourg, CNRS
Known for	Research on ancient Egypt, excavations at Karnak and Luxor, studies of TT33
Notable work	The Gods of Egypt; Karnak: résurrection d'un site

Claude Traunecker (born 1943 in Mulhouse) is a French Egyptologist, professor at the University of Strasbourg and researcher at the CNRS. He has participated in numerous archaeological excavations and research on ancient Egypt. ^{[1] [2]}

From 1968 to 1984, Traunecker worked in Franco-Egyptian Center for the Study of Temples Karnak and Luxor. He published research in the journal Cahiers de Karnak . Claude Traunecker taught at the École du Louvre from 1985 to 1995. He was then a professor at the University of Louvain. In 1996, he was elected chair of Egyptology at the University of Strasbourg, a position he held until 2007.^{[ citation needed ]}

During the excavation campaign of 2004–2005, he explored the many rooms of the Theban tomb, TT33. ^[3] Traunecker has authored many books and papers. He is the author of The Gods of Egypt, and in 1984 he published Karnak: résurrection d'un site with Jean-Claude Golvin. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Voyage au coeur de l'Egypte Antique à la rencontre des Pharaons". VL Media. AU FIL DES SIÈCLES #36 (in French). 19 February 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
2. Drouhet, Cyril (26 February 2019). "Égypte : le mystère de la tombe 33". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 8 December 2021.
3. "La Tombe de Padiamenopé (TT33) (responsable Claude Traunecker)" (in French). Institut d'Egyptologie. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
4. Murdock, D. M.; S, Acharya (December 2008). Christ in Egypt: The Horus-Jesus Connection. Stellar House Publishing. p. 57. ISBN   978-0-9799631-1-7 . Retrieved 18 December 2012.
5. Traunecker, Claude; Golvin, Jean-Claude (1984). Karnak: résurrection d'un site. Office du livre. ISBN   978-2-228-00040-6 . Retrieved 18 December 2012.