Excavations at the necropolis at Saqqara. Photographed in 1860s during work of Auguste Mariette-Bey (1821-1881) French archaeologist and founder of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo in 1863, who began work at Saqqara in 1850.

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Excavations at the necropolis at Saqqara. Photographed in 1860s during work of Auguste Mariette-Bey (1821-1881) French archaeologist and founder of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo in 1863, who began work at Saqqara in 1850.

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