# Michel Baud

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{{Short description|French Egyptologist}}
'''Michel Baud''' (11 November 1963 – 13 September 2012) was a French Egyptologist, head of the [Nubia](/source/Nubia)n Sudan section in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the [Louvre Museum](/source/Louvre_Museum).<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tallet |first=Pierre |date=2013 |title=Michel Baud (1963-2012). |url=https://www.ifao.egnet.net/bifao/112/03/ |journal=Bulletin de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale |volume=112 |pages=11–18}}</ref> As such, he was the organizer of an exhibition devoted exclusively to [Meroe](/source/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](/source/Abu_Rawash), and published papers on it such as ''La ceramique miniature d'Abou Rawash''. 
<ref name="Redford2001">{{cite book|last=Redford|first=Donald B.|title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt: A-F|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JrVGAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=25 November 2011|year=2001|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-513821-4|page=3}}</ref> He was a resident of the [French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo](/source/French_Institute_of_Oriental_Archaeology_in_Cairo). He was also the author of works on the late Old Kingdom [South Saqqara Stone](/source/South_Saqqara_Stone) annal document with [Vassil Dobrev](/source/Vassil_Dobrev), published between 1995 and 1997<ref name="Baines2007">{{cite book|last=Baines|first=John|title=Visual and written culture in ancient Egypt|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LBaSe2lUgf8C&pg=PA183|accessdate=25 November 2011|date=12 July 2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-815250-7|page=183}}</ref> in [BIFAO](/source/Bulletin_de_l'Institut_Fran%C3%A7ais_d'Arch%C3%A9ologie_Orientale).

Baud died on 13 September 2012 at the age of 48.<ref>[http://medievalsaiproject.wordpress.com/2012/09/19/michel-baud/ Michel-Baud, Medieval Sai Project: The Greek Norwegian Archaeological Mission to Sudan]</ref>

==Major publications==
*''Djéser et la IIIe dynastie : Imhotep, Saqqara, Memphis, les pyramides à degrés'', Paris, Pygmalion, coll. « Les Grands Pharaons », 2007, 302 p. ({{ISBN|9782756401478}})
*''Famille royale et pouvoir sous l'Ancien Empire égyptien. Tome 1 & 2'', Institut français d'archéologie orientale (1999), Bibliothèque d'étude 126, {{ISBN|978-2-72-470250-7}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402105848/http://www.gizapyramids.org/pdf_library/baud_famille_2.pdf available online]
*''De nouvelles annales de l'Ancien Empire Egyptien. Une "Pierre de Palerme" pour la VIe dynastie'', Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale 95, pp.&nbsp;23&ndash;92, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402154623/http://www.ifao.egnet.net/bifao/Bifao095_art_03.pdf available online]
*''Méroé, un empire sur le Nil'', Officina Libraria, 2010 ({{ISBN|9788889854501}})

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