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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.
Auguste Mariette was a French archaeologist who conducted major excavations throughout Egypt, revealing much about the earlier periods of Egyptian history. Mariette joined the Egyptian department of the Louvre in 1849 and in the following year traveled to Egypt to obtain ancient manuscripts.
François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette (February 11, 1821 – January 19, 1881) was a French scholar and archaeologist, one of the early pioneers of Egyptology. He became famous for his discoveries at Saqqara, the vast, ancient burial ground in Memphis, capital of Ancient Egypt.
Jan 19, 2021 · On January 19, 1881, French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette passed away. Mariette conducted major excavations throughout Egypt, revealing much about the earlier periods of Egyptian history.
François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette. (1821—1881) Quick Reference. (1821–81) [Bi] French Egyptologist well known for his excavations at many major Egyptian sites. Born in Boulogne‐sur‐Mer, on leaving school he went to work in his father's office of the Marine Department.
The Foundation is pleased to make available for free download pdfs of all six volumes of Auguste Mariette’s monumental work, Denderah. Mariette was often called Mariette Bey, Bey being a title of honour in the Egypt of that time under the Khedive (to whom the volumes are dedicated).
Egyptian Museum, museum of Egyptian antiquities in Cairo, which was founded in the 19th century by the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette and which housed the world’s most valuable collection of its kind into the 21st century.
Nov 17, 2018 · Auguste Mariette was the first individual to head the Antiquities Service, which he helped establish in the mid-nineteenth century, and the founding director of the Bulaq Museum. After Mariette’s death, he was interred beside the Bulaq Museum but in July of 1902 his tomb was moved to its final resting place in the Egyptian Museum’s garden.
In 1858, the viceroy Said Pasha appointed the French Egyptologist Auguste Mariette as Director of a new museum in the Boulaq area of Cairo. Mariette had been sent on a mission to Egypt by the Louvre Museum and had quickly made important discoveries, including the catacombs of the Serapeum in Saqqara.
Two hundred years ago, on February 11, 1821, French Egyptologist-adventurer Auguste Mariette was born. Unfortunately, his legacy faded over the years, despite all his incredible achievements, on top of having been one of the greatest Egyptologists ever!
