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Annex to Chapter i: Report <strong>of</strong> the<br />

symposium on 'The Peopling <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Ancient</strong> Egypt and the Deciphering<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Meroitic Script' 1<br />

Cairo, 28 January-3 February 1974<br />

Summary report 2<br />

The symposium was held in two stages: the firsttook place from 28 to 31 January 1974<br />

and concerned 'The peopling <strong>of</strong> ancient Egypt', the second dealt with 'The deciphering<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Meroitic script' and took place from 1 to 3 February 1974.<br />

The participants were as follows:<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Abdelgadir M . Abdalla (Sudan)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Abu Bakr (Arab Republic <strong>of</strong> Egypt)<br />

Mrs N. Blanc (France)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor F. Debono (Malta)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor J. Dévisse (France)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegal)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Ghallab (Arab Republic <strong>of</strong> Egypt)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor L. Habachi (Arab Republic <strong>of</strong> Egypt)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor R. Holthoer (Finland)<br />

Mrs J. Gordon-Jaquet (United States <strong>of</strong> America)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor S. Husein (Arab Republic <strong>of</strong> Egypt)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Kaiser (Federal Republic <strong>of</strong> Germany)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor J. Leclant (France)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor G. <strong>Mokhtar</strong> (Arab Republic <strong>of</strong> Egypt)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor R. EI Nadury (Arab Republic <strong>of</strong> Egypt)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Th. Obenga (People's Republic <strong>of</strong> the Congo)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor S. Sauneron (France)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor T. Säve-Söderbergh (Sweden)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor P. L. Shinnie (Canada)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor J. Vercoutter (France)<br />

Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Hintze (German Democratic Republic), Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Knorossov, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

Piotrovski (Union <strong>of</strong> Soviet Socialist Republics) and Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Ki-Zerbo (Upper Volta)<br />

were invited to the symposium but were unable to attend and sent their apologies.<br />

In accordance with the decisions <strong>of</strong> the International Scientific Committee, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor<br />

J. Dévisse, the Committee's Rapporteur, was present and prepared the finalreport <strong>of</strong> the<br />

symposium.<br />

Unesco was represented by Mr Maurice Glélé, programme specialist, Division <strong>of</strong> Cultural<br />

Studies, representing the Director-General, and Mrs Monique Melcer, Division <strong>of</strong> Cultural<br />

Studies.<br />

1. This annex should have been inserted as an Annex to the whole volume and placed after<br />

the Conclusion.<br />

2. The present report is an abridged version <strong>of</strong> the finalreport <strong>of</strong> the symposium. It<br />

was prepared by the International Scientific Committee's Rapporteur at the request <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Committee, for insertion in this volume. The Proceedings <strong>of</strong> the Symposium have been<br />

published in the series The General History <strong>of</strong> <strong>Africa</strong> - Studies and Documents No. 1,<br />

Unesco, Paris, 1978.

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