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Auguste Mariette

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Revision as of 17:00, 11 May 2022 by imported>Sol Pacificus (Wikipedia says the official name is "Museum of Egyptian Antiquities" in its lede, but I cannot verify this since even the Egyptian government page just calls it the "Egyptian Museum" which I think is a safer name.)
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François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette (1821 – 1881) was a French archaeologist and Egyptologist.

Biography

In 1858, the Viceroy of Egypt created the Antiquities Service where Mariette, supported by a team of foreign scholars, exerted an iron grip. He carried out his work across Egypt and into Nubia, intervening on almost every major site.[1] In the same year, Mariette discovered the Inventory Stela[2] and requested a Egyptian Museum be created for keeping unearthed artifacts in Egypt.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Rediscovering Egypt: "Early Organization"
  2. Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – The Riddles of the Sphinx: "The Importance of Red"