Claude Doumet-Serhal
Claude Doumet-Serhal MBE FSA (b. 1958) is a Lebanese archaeologist specialising in the history and archaeology of Sidon. She is a Specialist Assistant at the British Museum and an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London.[1]
Biography
[edit]Doumet-Serhal studied at the Ecole du Louvre and has a PhD from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. After moving to London in 1993 she established the Lebanese British Friends of the National Museum.[1] Doumet-Serhal launched a joint excavation between the British Museum and the Department of Antiquities of Lebanon in 1998 at Sidon which continued for 21 years.[1] Excavations at Sidon have been her main research focus throughout her career and she has published extensively on this subject.
Doumet-Serhal was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 10 October 2009.[2] She was awarded an MBE in the 2010 New Year Honours list for services to archaeology.[3]
Claude is a trustee of the Honor Frost Charitable Trust.[4]
Select publications
[edit]- Doumet-Serhal C, Gimatzidis S, Weninger B, von Rüden C, Kopetzky K. 2023. "An interdisciplinary approach to Iron Age Mediterranean chronology through combined archaeological and C14-radiometric evidence from Sidon, Lebanon". PLoS One 18(3): e0274979. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0274979
- Mikulski RNR, Schutkowski H, Smith MJ, Doumet-Serhal C, Mitchell PD. 2021. "Weapon injuries in the crusader mass graves from a 13th century attack on the port city of Sidon (Lebanon)". PLoS ONE 16(8): e0256517. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0256517
- Douhmet-Serhal, C. 2021. "Sidon from the end of the 13th to the 10th century BC: The temple", Archaeology and History in the Lebanon 54–55,
- Douhmet-Serhal, C. 2013. Sidon: 15 years of Excavations", London: Lebanese Friends of the National Museum.
- Bordreuil P and Doumet-Serhal C. 2013. "Un nouveau temple phénicien à Sidon", Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 157(1), 83-112.
- Resek A, Rabata A, Doumet-Serhal, C. 2004. Decade: A Decade of Archaeology and History in the Lebanon. London, Lebanese British Friends of the National Museum.
- Douhmet-Serhal, C. 1999. Stones and Creed: 100 Artefacts from Lebanon's Antiquity. London, Lebanese British Friends of the National Museum.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "CLAUDE SERHAL - LEBANON". Takreem Foundation. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Dr Claude Doumet-Serhal". Society of Antiquaries of London. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "New Year Honours 2010". SALON: Society of Antiquaries of London Online Newsletter. No. 225. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
- ^ "Honor Frost Charitable Trust: Trustees". Charity Commission. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
