Louis Dautais

Historian and Archaeologist of the Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean.
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[Louis Dautais @LDautais]

Some days ago (19/12), I had the pleasure of defending my PhD dissertation, entitled “Egypt and the Aegean world (18th-mid.-14th c. BCE): from the Admonitions of Ipuwer to the Fall of Knossos”. 📖
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[Louis Dautais @LDautais]

No longer active on Twitter.
See you soon in a clearer sky...
https://t.co/VJyN0j93qv

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

NEW Archaeologists discover a major New Kingdom (c. 1550–1069 BC) settlement at Kom el-Nugus, Egypt!
The region was thought to have only been occupied from the Hellenistic period (332–31 BC) onwards, prompting re-evaluation of northern Egypt's history.

🆓 https://t.co/6Uzi6xlZj8

[Reviewer 2 @GrumpyReviewer2]

#AcademicChatter #AcademicX #AcademicTwitter #HNY2025

[Louis Dautais @LDautais]

@DrJules1968 Thanks! I'm in the process of preparing a publication of the manuscript, but it will be a few years before it appears. Stay tuned!

[Louis Dautais @LDautais]

Some days ago (19/12), I had the pleasure of defending my PhD dissertation, entitled “Egypt and the Aegean world (18th-mid.-14th c. BCE): from the Admonitions of Ipuwer to the Fall of Knossos”. 📖
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[Louis Dautais @LDautais]

@DiegoCastaneda Thanks! I'm in the process of preparing a publication of the manuscript, but it will be a few years before it appears. Stay tuned!

[Louis Dautais @LDautais]

@g_gutchess Indeed! It was one of the many goals of this PhD diss. ;)

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@PerryWadeSam Thank you! :) Yes, I enjoyed every moment!

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[Louis Dautais @LDautais]

3/3 Thank you to all my family, friends and colleagues for coming from the four corners of France, Belgium and sometimes even further afield... to celebrate the end of this wonderful student cycle! 🤩 It was a beautiful day, intense and rich in emotion. 🥹 #EndOfPhDlife

[Louis Dautais @LDautais]

2/3 At the end of the two examinations (private defense and public soutenance) of this Franco-Belgian International Dual-PhD, the jury proclaimed me Doctor in Egyptology from @univpaulvalery and Doctor in History, Art History and Archaeology from @UCLouvain_be. 🧑‍🎓