Raoul Curiel (born 23 June 1913, Cairo, Egypt; d. 23 February 2000 Paris, France)[1] was a French archaeologist, egyptologist and orientalist.
[2] In 1939 he cofounded a weekly, Don Quichotte, together with his brother Henri Curiel and Georges Henein.
[3] During the Second World War, Curiel served in Beirut, where he carried out archaeological studies for the French army.
[1] Curiel was the French archaeological representative in Afghanistan in 1945 and served as Director of Antiques at the National Museum of Pakistan, 1954–1958.
[4] He later acted as curator of the Oriental coins department at the French National Library.