Godefroy Zumoffen

Godefroy Zumoffen, SJ (1848 in France – 1928) was a French Jesuit archaeologist and geologist notable for his work on prehistory in Lebanon.^[1]

He is known particularly for pioneering Lebanese archaeology, and for discovering several sites including the Antelias cave. He produced the first geological map of Lebanon and authored a book about its prehistory, La Phénicie avant les phéniciens: l'âge de la pierre.^[a]^[2]^[3]

Notes

^ transl. Phoenicia Before the Phoenicians: The Stone Age

References

^ J. de Guilhermier (1940). Le Père Godefroy Zumoffen. Revue de géographie physique et de géologie dynamique. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^ Godefroy Zumoffen (1926). Géologie du Liban. H. Barrère. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
^ Godefroy Zumoffen (1900). La Phénicie avant les phéniciens: l'âge de la pierre. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

External links

Biography (in French) - Lebanese Museum of Prehistory, Saint Joseph University Website

[2] transl. Phoenicia Before the Phoenicians: The Stone Age

[Guilhermier1940-1] J. de Guilhermier (1940). Le Père Godefroy Zumoffen. Revue de géographie physique et de géologie dynamique. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[Zumoffen1926-3] Godefroy Zumoffen (1926). Géologie du Liban. H. Barrère. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

[Zumoffen1900-4] Godefroy Zumoffen (1900). La Phénicie avant les phéniciens: l'âge de la pierre. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

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