Pierre Montet

Montet was born in Villefranche-sur-Saône, Rhône, and began his studies under Victor Loret at the University of Lyon.

The latter tomb contained a gold bracelet of Osorkon I, Takelot's father, as well as a heart scarab.

The start of World War II in Western Europe in May 1940 stopped all excavation work at Tanis.

However, after the war, Montet resumed his activities at Tanis and proceeded to uncover the intact tomb of General Wendjebauendjed, (literally the Commander-in-Chief of the Army) who served under Psusennes I, in 1946.

During his academic career, he served as Professor of Egyptology at the University of Strasbourg from 1919 to 1948 and then at the Collège de France, Paris, between 1948 and 1956.

Montet at the University of Leuven in 1966
Psusennes I 's mask: discovered at Tanis by Pierre Montet in 1940
Wendebauendjed's unique cups from his intact Tanis tomb were discovered by Pierre Montet in 1946.