Scientific missions

Ernest Renan’s Mission to Phoenicia. 1864-1874

In the context of the scientific missions of the Second Empire, Ernest Renan led an archaeological expedition to the Lebanon, Syria and Palestine, on the tracks of the ancient Phoenicians.

Domenico Paone, doctor of EPHE, in charge of Renan's Groupe of l’ITEM (UMR 8132 CNRS / ENS)

Other missions

Letters from Champollion le Jeune on his travels, reports on missions to the Orient by ministries (archaeological, scientific, literary missions) ...