September 26, 2021
Thomas Lebée, « The Risks of the Field », Histoire de l'égyptologie en formation, ID : 10670/1.9hx3cy
Various projects prevent me from taking the time to publish anything more elaborate at the moment, but on Saturday I found an episode so startling that I can't resist presenting it as is. Portrait of Auguste Mariette, 1862 (picture: Gallica) Credits: Société de géographie/Bibliothèque nationale de France This is a letter from Auguste Mariette's personnel file in the National Museums collection ((Archives nationales, 20150497/118, file 145.)). It was written during the famous mission to Eg...