Auguste Mariette

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French archaeologist and egyptologist (1821-1881)

France AcademicsLived 1821 to 1881 · aged 59

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François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette was a French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist, and the founder of the Egyptian Department of Antiquities, the forerunner of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.

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Auguste Mariette (seated, far left) and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil (seated, far right) with others during the monarch's visit to the Giza Necropolis at the end of 1871.

A statue of Auguste Mariette in his home city of Boulogne-sur-Mer.

Awards 6

1876grand prix de la Société de géographie

knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class

Commander of the Legion of Honour

commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy‎

Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Franz Josef I

Connected to Auguste 6

Alfred von SchlieffenAlso won Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class

Eugène YsaÿeAlso won commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy‎

Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the AbruzziAlso won knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus

Érik OrsennaAlso won grand prix de la Société de géographie

Arthur ZimmermannAlso won Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Franz Josef I

Wakatsuki ReijirōAlso won Order of the Red Eagle 2nd Class

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France