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Born November 5, 1778 • Padua • Italy
Died December 3, 1823 (aged 45) • Benin
Subjects Of Study Valley of the Kings • ancient Egyptian religion • temple • tomb

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Mariette
Auguste Mariette
French archaeologist
King Tut's discoverer
Howard Carter
British archaeologist
Pyramid of Menkaure
George Andrew Reisner
American archaeologist
Ramses II
Ramses II
king of Egypt
Sir Flinders Petrie, detail of an oil painting by George Frederic Watts, 1900; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Sir Flinders Petrie
British archaeologist
Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut
ruler of Egypt
Ramses IV
king of Egypt
Richard Lepsius.
Richard Lepsius
German Egyptologist
Andronicos, Manolis
Manolis Andronicos
Greek archaeologist
Alfonso Caso y Andrade
Mexican anthropologist
Henri Frankfort
American archaeologist
Ṣaqqārah: pyramid of Userkaf
Userkaf
king of Egypt
Neuserre
king of Egypt
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Francesco da Sangallo
Italian sculptor
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Three Graces, marble sculpture by Antonio Canova, 1812–16.
Antonio Canova, marchese d’Ischia
Italian sculptor
Giovanni Pisano: marble pulpit
Giovanni Pisano
Italian sculptor
Algardi, Alessandro: Tomb of Pope Leo XI
Alessandro Algardi
Italian sculptor