Auteur : Nolwenn Guedeau

3 décembre 2025

Ottoman Smoking Pipes from Malazgirt, Türkiye (Malazgirt Savaş Alanının Tespiti, Tarihi ve Arkeolojik Yüzey Araştırma Projesi)

The region north of Lake Van in Türkiye has received relatively little archaeological attention for the Islamic period, with the notable exception of Malazgirt—the site of the pivotal Battle of Manzikert in the 11th century (Dölek & Çevik, 2023; Dölek et al., 2024). Since 2020, archaeological surveys and excavations have been undertaken in Malazgirt and its surrounding area under the direction of Professor Adnan Çevik of...

Archéologie / Egypte / Moderne

7 décembre 2023

Two Ottoman smoking pipes from Egypt rediscovered at the Louvre Museum

Tobacco consumption in the Ottoman Empire began in the early 17th century. The plant was imported by European sailors into the empire through Istanbul and Cairo (De Vincenz, 2016, p. 118). Initially banned by several decrees (François et al., 2012, p. 487), consumption and production were finally accepted in the mid-17th century. Throughout the Empire, everyone smoked: men and women, rich and poor, urban and rural,...

Archéologie / Moderne / Proche-Orient

7 février 2022

Ottoman Smoking Pipes in Bilad ash-Cham

An increasing interest in pipes as archaeological objects has developed over the last twenty years, affecting the whole Mediterranean basin. Thanks to an international mobility grant from the Institut Français du Proche Orient, a study of the pipes of Bey 012, the Church of St George, a site excavated at the end of the 1990s by Leila Badr, BEY 125 and of the Soap Museum of Saida has allowed...