DOI Artikel:
Witkowski, Maciej; Barakat, Abou Al-Youn [Gefeierte Pers.]: Abou Al-Youn Barakat: 1939-2002
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OBITUARY
Abou Al-Youn Barakat
1939-2002
Our dearest Friend, a Man of the greatest qualities of the heart, true science and kindness pure, Abu
Al-Youn Barakat, Ph.D. in Egyptology and archaeology, dean of Sadat City University, professor
of Egyptology at numerous universities in Egypt (Sohag, Tanta, Cairo, Alexandria) and visiting
professor of archaeology at the universities in Yemen (Sana'a) and Saudi Arabia (1980-1990),
passed away on Septe?nber 28, 2002.
Dr. Abu Al-Youn Barakat started out as inspector of the then Egyptian Antiquities
Organization in West Thebes (al Qurna) in the mid 1960s. It was there that he first met Polish
specialists working at Deir el-Bahari. Having won a Ph.D. degree from Warsaw University in
1975, he resumed his duties at Thebes, rising quickly through the ranks to become the Director
General of the entire West Bank and member of the Permanent Council of the Supreme Council of
Antiquities of Egypt. In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Merit, the highest Polish distinction
for foreigners, in recognition of his dedicated — even in the face of various not always favorable polit-
ical developments — assistance to Polish specialists working in the field of restoration and archaeolo-
gy on numerous sites in Egypt.
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Abou Al-Youn Barakat
1939-2002
Our dearest Friend, a Man of the greatest qualities of the heart, true science and kindness pure, Abu
Al-Youn Barakat, Ph.D. in Egyptology and archaeology, dean of Sadat City University, professor
of Egyptology at numerous universities in Egypt (Sohag, Tanta, Cairo, Alexandria) and visiting
professor of archaeology at the universities in Yemen (Sana'a) and Saudi Arabia (1980-1990),
passed away on Septe?nber 28, 2002.
Dr. Abu Al-Youn Barakat started out as inspector of the then Egyptian Antiquities
Organization in West Thebes (al Qurna) in the mid 1960s. It was there that he first met Polish
specialists working at Deir el-Bahari. Having won a Ph.D. degree from Warsaw University in
1975, he resumed his duties at Thebes, rising quickly through the ranks to become the Director
General of the entire West Bank and member of the Permanent Council of the Supreme Council of
Antiquities of Egypt. In 2000, he was awarded the Order of Merit, the highest Polish distinction
for foreigners, in recognition of his dedicated — even in the face of various not always favorable polit-
ical developments — assistance to Polish specialists working in the field of restoration and archaeolo-
gy on numerous sites in Egypt.
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