Maspero

[ mas-puh-roh ]

noun

1. Sir Gas·ton Ca·mille Charles [gas-, tawn, ka-, mee, -y, uh, sharl], 1846–1916, French Egyptologist.

Example Sentences

Relatives of victims carried coffins out to be buried following violence that took place in front of the Maspero TV building on October 9 – 10, 2011.

From Time

Just before I left Cairo I went to a service for the Martyrs of Maspero, the 27 men murdered by the regime in October 2011 on a peaceful protest in front of the Egyptian Radio and Television building.

From The Guardian

There were problems with incline elevators made in Italy by the company Maspero Elevatori, which has also made angled lifts for projects in the French Riviera and Malaysia.

From New York Times

He told me that he was asked to write about the Bourget stop on the R.E.R., the railway network serving Paris and its suburbs, for a collection that served as a kind of tribute to the late editor François Maspero, who years before had written a book about the stations of the R.E.R.

From The New Yorker

He told me that he was asked to write about the Bourget stop on the R.E.R., the railway network serving Paris and its suburbs, for a collection that served as a kind of tribute to the late editor François Maspero, who years before had written a book about the stations of the R.E.R.

From The New Yorker