Auguste Mariette

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Auguste Mariette was a pioneering 19th-century French Egyptologist best known for founding the Egyptian Antiquities Service and conducting major excavations that helped establish modern archaeological methods in Egypt.

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Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis discoveredBy Auguste Mariette
Meidum Pyramid excavatedBy Auguste Mariette
Sphinx Temple excavatedBy Auguste Mariette
Egyptology hasKeyFigure Auguste Mariette
Saqqara necropolis notableExcavators Auguste Mariette