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Bernardino DROVETTI (1776 – 1852)

Famous Egyptologist and politician. Consul-General in Egypt picked up and moved to Turin important findings which formed the nucleus of the Egyptian Museum. Another of his collection is kept at the Louvre Museum.

Additional information can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardino_Drovetti.

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Bernardino Drovetti