| Birth: | Feb. 11, 1821 | | Death: | Jan. 19, 1881 | 
French Egyptologist. He founded the Egyptian Antiquities Service and the famous Egyptian Museum. He is best known for his four year excavations of the Serapeum at Saqqara. He died at Bulaq in 1881 and was buried in a sarcophagus which was later moved to the forecourt in Egyptian Museum in El Cairo. (bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Search Amazon for Auguste Mariette | | | Burial:
Egyptian Museum of El Cairo
Cairo
Al Qahirah, Egypt
Plot: In the garden of the museum, left in the entrance |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni
Record added: Oct 06, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 9562172 |
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