Bernardino Drovetti
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Bernardino Drovetti (1776-1852) was an Italian diplomat, explorer and antiquarian, best known as French consul to Egypt at a time when the country and its antiquities were being opened rapidly to European knowledge and acquisition.
Drovetti's substantial collection of Egyptian antiquities formed the basis for the foundation of the Museo Egizio in Turin.
Further reading
- Ronald T. Ridly, Napoleon's Proconsul In Egypt: The Life and Times of Bernardino Drovetti, Rubicon Press, 1998. ISBN 0948695595
[A biography of Bernardino Drovetti at the Travellers in Egypt web site]
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