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François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette (1821 – 1881) was a French archaeologist and Egyptologist.
Biography[edit | edit source]
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 museum be created for keeping unearthed artifacts in Egypt.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Rediscovering Egypt: "Early Organization"
- ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – The Riddles of the Sphinx: "The Importance of Red"