Charles Bonnet (archeologist)


Charles Bonnet is a Swiss archeologist, specialist of Ancient Nubia.

Biography

Bonnet was born to a family of wine producers in 1933. After graduating with a diploma in Agriculture, he took over the family business in 1954. From 1961 to 1965, he studied Egyptology at the Oriental Studies centre of the University of Geneva.
He became an invited professor at Collège de France in 1985.