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François Auguste Ferdinand Mariette Pasha <ref name="term_76381" />
<p> 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). </p>

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