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Mariette Pasha, François Auguste Ferdinand

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Egyptologist, born at Boulogne; became professor in the college there in 1841, entered the Egyptian department of the Louvre in 1849, and next year set out for Egypt; eight years later he was made keeper of the monuments to the Egyptian government, and in 1879 was made a pasha; he died at Cairo; he made many valuable discoveries and excavations, among which were the burial-place of the Apis bulls, the Sphinx monument, and many temples (1821-1881).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Mariette Pasha, François Auguste Ferdinand'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​m/mariette-pasha-franois-auguste-ferdinand.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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