Hussein Sayegh with the Adolphe Noël des Vergers prize for their research on the Phoenician port quarter of Beirut. In 2001, she received the Babut Prize from the French Numismatic Society for her research on ancient coins. In 2007 Elayi was decorated Knight of the Legion of Honor by then Minister of superior education François Goulard for her work on Phoenician history. Works The WorldCat database lists more than 200 publications by Josette Elayi in her various fields of expertise; she has authored more than 30 books and is the editor of seventy books. This following is a list of her most widely held publications: Notes References Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century French historians 21st-century French historians Archaeologists of the Near East 1943 births Phoenician-Punic studies Living people