Sad news about Prof. Herman De Meulenaere

It is with great sadness that we have received the news of the passing away on June 5th, 2011, in his 88th year, of Prof. emeritus Herman De Meulenaere, who taught at the University of Gent (Belgium). He was also very well known as Honorary Chief Curator of the Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels, Director of the Egyptological Association Queen Elisabeth and Honorary Director of the Committee for Belgian Excavations in Egypt.

Apart from a plethora of contributions on Egyptology in many journals, books and reviews, he was for decades the very strong and appreciated pillar of many Egyptological activities in Belgium and in the world. As an example, he was one of the main actors in the diggings of the archaeological site of ELKAB in Upper Egypt, following the traces of M. Jean Capart. He was also responsible, among many other tasks, for the Pharaonic part of the "Chronique d'Égypte", one of the world's leading Egyptology journals.

A limited bibliography can be found here:
- http://www.trismegistos.org/genbib/list.php?quick=de+meulenaere
- Limme, Luc / Strybol, J., Bibliographie d'Herman de Meulenaere, in: Limme, L. / Strybol, J. / Vermaseren, M. (ed.): Aegyptus Museis Rediviva. Miscellanea in honorem Hermanni de Meulenaere, 1993,
p. 7-13.

The address of the day for any postal mail is: Madame Janine De Meulenaere-Van Haecke (his spouse), Avenue du Suffrage Universel 83 - 1030 Brussels (Belgium). The religious service will take place on June 10th 2011, on 11 am, in the Sainte-Suzanne Church, Avenue des Glycides 30, 1030 Brussels.

Raymond Betz
Groupe d'Études Égypte
Chemin du Moulin 38
1380 Lasne - Belgium