French Institute for Eastern Archaeology

IFAO

The French Institute for Eastern Archaeology in Cairo is a public institution under the authority of the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research. The role of the institute is to facilitate research and the archaeological investigation of the sequential cultures in Egypt. Members of the institute can be divided into two distinct categories: egyptology and papyrology, and Coptic and Arabo-Islamic studies. The Institute welcomes scholars, as well as scholarship holders and scholars on temporary missions.

EFEO News
Photographic exhibition
Paris, France, 26 September 2024
The exhibition Le corps du texte, tatouages rituels du Cambodge et de Thaïlande is on show at the Maison des étudiants de l'Asie du Sud-Est (House of South-East Asian Students) at the Cité internationale universitaire de Paris until the end of September 2024.

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New Publication
Paris, France,

Le descendant de Raghu et les fils de Pāṇḍu
Poème épique à double sens de Kavirāja

Sylvain Brocquet

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New Publication
Paris, France,

Bulletin de l'École française d'Extrême-Orient 109 (2023), École française d'Extrême-Orient, Paris, 2024, 400 pages

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New Publication
Pondicherry,

- Āsanas of the Yogacintāmaṇi

- The Tamil Veda And Tangled Tales

- Naṭarājapaddhati of Rāmanāthaśiva

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Exceptional summer closure
Paris, France, 24 July 2024
Due to the organisation of the Olympic Games in Paris, the EFEO will be close exceptionally closed from Friday July to Monday 19 August at 8 a.m.

We thank you for your understanding and wish you a pleasant summer break.

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