Auguste Mariette

February 11^th

• Auguste-Ferdinand-François Mariette was a French archeologist who conducted major excavations throughout Egypt, revealing much about the earlier periods of Egyptian history.
• Sent by the Louvre, in 1850, to purchase papyruses, at Saqqara he discovered the Serapeum.
• He won renown too, for his battle against looting and the illicit export of antiquities.