Michel Baud, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Michel Baud

French egyptologist

Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1963

Place of Birth: Tarbes, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 13-Sep-2012

Profession: egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Michel Baud (11 November 1963 – 13 September 2012) was a French Egyptologist, head of the Nubian Sudan section in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre Museum.
As such, he was the organizer of an exhibition devoted exclusively to Meroe, Sudan's ancient kingdom known for its legendary capital city and its famous royal necropolis.
He was also the director of the archaeological mission on the site of the necropolis at Abu Rawash, and published papers on it such as La ceramique miniature d'Abou Rawash.
He was a resident of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo.
He was also the author of works on the late Old Kingdom South Saqqara Stone annal document with Vassil Dobrev, published between 1995 and 1997 in BIFAO. Baud died suddenly on 13 September 2012 at the age of 49.