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Auguste Mariette
Auguste Mariette. Photo by Nadar, c. 1861
Born
François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette

(1821-02-11)11 February 1821
Boulogne-sur-Mer
Died18 January 1881(1881-01-18) (aged 59)
Cairo, Egypt
NationalityFrench
OccupationEgyptologist

François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette (11 February 1821 – 18 January 1881) was a French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, the forerunner of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

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scheme follows a scenario often attributed to the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, but Verdi biographer Mary Jane Phillips-Matz argues that the source...

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Stele of Piye

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Egypt. Following its discovery, the Stele of Piye was published by Auguste Mariette in 1872. It consists of a front, a reverse, a two thick sides, all...

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Great Sphinx of Giza

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regarding the age of the Sphinx and the associated temples. In 1857, Auguste Mariette, founder of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, unearthed the much later...

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Mariette

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Mariette or Mariëtte may signify: Family name Auguste Mariette (1821–1881), pioneering Egyptologist. Pierre-Jean Mariette (1694–1774), connoisseur and...

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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut

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serious excavation was not conducted until the 1850s and 60s under Auguste Mariette. The temple was fully excavated between 1893 and 1906 during an expedition...

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Egyptian Museum

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foundation of the new Antiquities Department under the direction of Auguste Mariette. The building lay on the bank of the Nile River, and in 1878 it suffered...

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Heinrich Karl Brugsch

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September 1894) was a German Egyptologist. He was associated with Auguste Mariette in his excavations at Memphis. He became director of the School of...

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Louvre

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000 works. Growth continued via acquisitions by Auguste Mariette, founder of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Mariette, after excavations at Memphis, sent back...

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Khafre

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removed from their location at some point after the reign of Khafre. Auguste Mariette found nine of them during excavations in 1860 (Inv.No. CG 9 to CG 17)[21]...

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Pyramid of Khafre

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complete exploration was conducted by John Perring in 1837. In 1853, Auguste Mariette partially excavated Khafre's valley temple, and, in 1858, while completing...

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Cairo Opera House

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which would reflect the ancient Egyptian history. French archaeologist Auguste Mariette, in the Khedive's service, wrote a plot which eventually served the...

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Gaston Maspero

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to Egyptologist Auguste Mariette, who was in Paris as commissioner for the Egyptian section of the Exposition universelle. Mariette gave him two newly...

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Temple of Edfu

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1798, when the temple was identified by a French expedition. In 1860 Auguste Mariette, a French Egyptologist, began the work of freeing Edfu temple from...

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Mastaba of Ti

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important archaeological sites of Saqqara. The mastaba was discovered by Auguste Mariette. The mastaba contains two serdabs. The walls of the tomb show various...

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Raemka

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and Queen Meresankh IV. Raemkaʻs tomb was originally excavated by Auguste Mariette. The tomb is listed as D3 in Mastabas. One of the chambers from the...

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List of Egyptologists

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born 1950) Arthur Cruttenden Mace (British, 1874–1928) Auguste Ferdinand François Mariette (French, 1821–1881) Gaston Maspero (French, 1846–1916) Bernard...

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Year 400 Stela

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The stela was unearthed in 1863 by Auguste Mariette, who was excavating within the great temple at Tanis. Mariette copied and then reburied the stela...

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Pyramid Texts

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contacted the 'director of the excavations' in Egypt, Auguste Mariette, to inform him of the discovery. Mariette concluded that the structure must be a mastaba...

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Saqqara Tablet

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in Cairo Press. pp. 299, photographs 156-157. ISBN 9789774163722. Auguste Mariette: La table de Saqqarah in Revue Archeologique Vol 10, Paris 1864, p...

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Orientalism

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Africa. French artists such as Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Léon Gérôme and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres painted many works depicting Islamic culture, often including...

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Kaaper

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mastaba, a flat-roofed tomb (named "Saqqara C8") was discovered by Auguste Mariette in the Saqqara necropolis, just north of the Step Pyramid of Djoser...

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Menes

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Karl Brugsch (1859) – 4455 BC Franz Joseph Lauth (1869) – 4157 BC Auguste Mariette (1871) – 5004 BC James Strong (1878) – 2515 BC Flinders Petrie (1887)...

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