page_title: Georges Contenau
hierarchical_section_title: Georges Contenau
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Photo de l'équipe de Ghirshman à Sialk dans les années 1920.
context_page_description: Georges Contenau was a French archeologist, orientalist and religious historian who was an expert in the field of culture and religion of the civilizations of the Near and Middle East.
context_section_description: Georges Contenau (April 9, 1877 – March 22, 1964) was a French archeologist, orientalist and religious historian who was an expert in the field of culture and religion of the civilizations of the Near and Middle East.
caption: Tepe Sialk in 1934: seated from right to left: Roman Ghirshman, Tania Ghirshman, Georges Contenau.
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