JeanPierre Adam born 24 November 1937 in Paris is a French architect and archaeologist specialising in ancient architecture Adam was born in Paris Following a special diploma from the School of Architecture in 1965 he entered the ancient architecture department of the CNRS He produced several monumental studies in France and worldwide and became director of the Office of Ancient Architecture of Paris located in the north tower of the Castle of Vincennes He has conducted various studies on architectural excavation sites of various Ancient Roman Greek and Egyptian sites around the Mediterranean including in Pompeii and in 1999 he published a book about Roman architecture entitled Roman Building Materials and Techniques Previously he had also excavated the Tomb of Akhethetep in Saqqarah along with Christiane Ziegler and Guillemette AndreuLanoë between 1991 and 1999 publishing their findings in a book He has authored books on Greek architecture Larchitecture militaire grecque 2000 as well as on Ancient Egypt Les pyramides dÉgypte He has conducted research at the Institute de Recherche d Architecture Antique As of 2021 he was teaching at the École du Louvre the École de Chaillot the École darchitecture de la ville et des territoires ParisEst and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL he had also held positions in Paris Rome and the Lebanon Source Article JeanPierre Adam from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30
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