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Godefroy Zumoffen

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Godefroy Zumoffen, SJ (1848 in France 1928) was a French Jesuit archaeologist and geologist notable for his work on prehistory in Lebanon.[1]

He is known particularly for pioneering Lebanese archaeology, and for discovering several sites including the Antelias cave. He produced the first geological map of Lebanon and authored a book about its prehistory, La Phénicie avant les phéniciens: l'âge de la pierre.[a][2][3]


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  1. transl. Phoenicia Before the Phoenicians: The Stone Age

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