Auguste Mariette
February 11, 1821 - January 19, 1881
Auguste Mariette was the foremost Egyptologist of his
generation - founder of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
He visited temples and befriended a Bedouin tribe,
who led him to Saqqara - the Saqqara Pyramids
I recognized that
the world shall hence forth
learn about Egypt's Pharaonic heritage
and where it leads
in the end.
Auguste Mariette
