Note 275 — Chapter III · (continued 3)

It is no part of our plan to describe this discovery, which did so much honour both to the perspicacity and the energy of Mariette. We refer all those who are interested in the matter to the article contributed by M. E. Desjardins to the Revue des Deux-Mondes of March 15, 1874, under the title: Les Découvertes de l'Égyptologie française, les Missions et les Travaux de M. Mariette. Many precious details will also be found, some of them almost dictated by Mariette, in the L'Égypte à petites Journeés of M. Arthur Rhoné (pp. 212-263). This work includes two plans, a general plan and a detailed plan of the subterranean galleries, which were supplied by the illustrious author of the excavations himself; views of the galleries are also given, and reproductions of various objects found in the course of the exploration. We may also mention the Choix des Monuments du Sérapéum, a collection of ten engraved plates published by Mariette, and the great work, unfortunately incomplete, which he commenced under the title: Le Sérapéum de Memphis (folio, Paris, Gide, 1858). In the second volume of Fouilles et Découvertes (Didier, 8vo., 1873, 2 vols.) Beulé has given a very good description of the bold but fortunate campaign which, begun in the month of October, 1850, brought fame to a young man who had, until then, both open enmity and secret intrigue to contend against.