Paul Bernard (archaeologist)

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Paul Bernard
Born(1929-06-13)June 13, 1929
Sainte-Maxime, France
DiedDecember 1, 2015(2015-12-01) (aged 86)
Meulan-en-Yvelines
Known forDirector of excavations at Ai-Khanoum
Scientific career
FieldsClassical archaeology
InstitutionsDAFA, EPHE

Paul Bernard (13 June 1929—1 December 2015) was a French archaeologist, best known for excavating the Hellenistic site of Ai-Khanoum in present-day Afghanistan between 1964 and 1978.[1] In his role as director of excavations, Bernard wrote several treatises on the excavations on the site.[2] He also produced the accounts of Ai-Khanoum that had the most influence on the scholarship on the city: foremost among these was a 1982 article in Scientific American titled 'An Ancient Greek City in Centra Asia', which presented the city as a Hellenistic colony in Central Asia.[3][4] His emphasis on the Greek traditions of Ai-Khanoum have influenced all subsequent accounts of the Hellenistic Far East.[5]

  1. ^ Martinez-Sève 2020, p. 220.
  2. ^ Mairs 2014, pp. 21–22.
  3. ^ Mairs 2014, pp. 24–25.
  4. ^ Bernard 1982, p. 148.
  5. ^ Mairs 2014, p. 23.