Louis Godart

Louis Godart (born 12 August 1945) is an Italian archaeologist of Belgian origins. He is a specialist in Mycenaean archaeology and philology and holds the chair of philology at the University of Naples Federico II. He is also currently Director for the Conservation of Artistic Heritage of the Italian President.

Studies

Godart was born in

Sorbonne in Paris. Godart has served as a member of the Accademia dei Lincei, Società Nazionale di Scienze, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Accademia Pontaniana, German Archaeological Institute, and the Academy of Athens. He was also the professor of Aegean civilization at the University of Naples Federico II.^[1]

Godart studies Aegean writing systems, specializing in Mycenaean Linear B tablets. He has worked on the corpus of Cretan hieroglyphics, including parts of the Linear A and Linear B corpora. Godart has also been conducting excavations on the island of Crete since 1969. He has excavated areas such as Monastiraki, Mallia, and Chania.^[1] In 1982 he began an excavation on the Minoan site of Apodoulou, Crete. This archaeological mission was a joint program with the University of Naples Federico II, Greek Ministry of Culture, and Yannis Tzedakis, former Director General of Antiquities of Greece. Godart has organized several national and international conferences in protohistoric Mediterranean archaeology and philology, including the 1992 Micenologia II International Congress in Naples.

He is the author of 29 books, 74

Aegean civilization.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Louis Godart". Hellenistic Alexandria. Archived from the original on February 6, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.

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