Marguerite Yon
Marguerite Yon, or
Marguerite Yon-Calvet, née Calvet, is a French
archaeologist and historian, specializing in the
ancient Near East, particularly
Ugarit in
Syria. She is widely recognized for her archaeological work on Ugarit, where she conducted excavations for twenty years. She has extensively excavated the island of
Cyprus. Notably, she held the distinction of being the first female president of the
Academy of Lyon since its foundation.
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