Auguste Bergy

Reverend Father Auguste Bergy (12 May 1873 – 31 August 1955) was a French Jesuit archaeologist known for his work on prehistory in Lebanon.[1][2]

He is known particularly for excavations and studies at the Sands of Beirut and at Ras Beirut.[3] In 1930 he discovered Tell Arslan, the oldest known neolithic village settlement in the Beirut area.[4]

Selected bibliography

  • Bergy, Auguste., Le Paléolithique ancien stratifié à Ras Beyrouth, M.U.S.J, XVI, 169-217, 1932.[5]

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