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Pieter (Piet) Collet

07-10-196326-06-2025
      Pieter is plotseling, te jong, overleden in Kaïro, waar hij de laatste 31 jaar heeft gewerkt en gewoond. Wij zijn blij dat hij ons regelmatig bezocht in Nederland en op de hoogte hield van zijn leven.
      Hij is op 5 juli begraven in Kaïro, waar zijn hart lag en hoort.

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      Piet passed away, too early, in Cairo, where he has worked and lived for the last 31 years. We are happy that het regularly visited us in the Netherlands and that he kept us informed of his life.
      He was buried on 5th of July in Cairo, where his heart lay and belongs.

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      Iek & Anne Collet
      Job & Marianne Collet
      Honoré & Miranda Collet

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      • Shokran ya Piet x
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        I met Piet in 2012 in the Acropole Hotel in Khartoum, a day or so before we and the team travelled to Sesebi for a month's work. How fortunate I was to have met Piet in this context - we were a very small tight-knit team and it felt like that made us great friends almost straight away. I quickly moved from being intimidated (all in my mind of course) to being in constant awe of him and his approach to his life and work. Never one to shy away from a jokey comment, he broke the ice on many occasions we met and taught me that it was ok to be myself (= usually a little bit silly) even when I didn't think it was ok to be. Rest in Power dear Piet, thank you for the memories ❤️ x

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        Anna - London
        12 juli 2025

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      • Duco
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        My nephew, eh eh Pieter! Always different but autonomous. Lost contact but remember him well. Rest in peace Pieter!
        Duco - Rotterdam
        12 juli 2025

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      • Piet
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        Piet was such a kind and brilliant person. Full of so much experience and professional knowledge, he was always collegial and open, a truly friendly, good hearted person. It is too soon to lose such goodness.
        Jacquelyn - Fairfax
        11 juli 2025

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      • Piet
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        Such a tragic loss 💔 Egyptology has lost a brilliant archaeologist and colleague, and I've lost a dear friend and mentor. Piet was a great guy and I learned so much in the field from him. I'll be forever grateful for everything that he taught me on the fly while working together at Deir el-Ballas - most importantly that sometimes things do not go to plan in archaeology, and that is totally fine! 😅
        Thanks for the joy and memories, Piet, and rest in peace.
        Nick - East Haven, Connecticut, USA
        11 juli 2025

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      • Piet
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        Piet was a wonderful person and an extraordinary archaeologist and draftsman. We have been friends for decades, as well as colleagues, and have had a great length of time together to annoy one another, to argue, to have fun, to come up with brilliant ideas, to have several stupid ideas, to solve archaeological puzzles (correctly and wrongly), to watch movies, to laugh, to cry, to eat good food, to eat bad food (and be sick), to invent cocktails, to trade gekkos, and to be together as friends who are a family. Piet is in my heart forever.

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        Salima - Cairo
        11 juli 2025

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