The Tomb of Meryneith at Saqqara . Théories de l’art "Pocket Classics" collection

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Les plus importants chefs-d'œuvre réalisés et accumulés au cours des siècles sont montrés pour la première fois en dehors d'Italie au musée Maillol à Paris

and antiquarian science in the 19th century

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The Tomb of Meryneith at Saqqara . Théories de l’art "Pocket Classics" collectionThis funerary monument of a high Memphite official was discovered by a joint expedition of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities and Leiden University in 2001. Meryneith started his career as steward of the Memphite temple of the sun god Aten during the reign of the heretic pharaoh Akhenaten. During midlife, he may have joined the court set up by the Pharaoh at the new capital at Amarna. He ended his career under Tutankhamun as high priest of the Aten in