The sculpture of the seated scribe was discovered in Saqqara on 19 November 1850, to the north of the Serapeum's line of sphinxes by French archeologist Auguste Mariette.
Auguste Rodin | Pierre-Auguste Renoir | Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres | Auguste Renoir | Auguste and Louis Lumière | Auguste Perret | Auguste Comte | Auguste Escoffier | Pierre-Jean Mariette | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi | Auguste Molinier | Richard Auguste Morse | Jacques Auguste de Thou | Auguste-Louis Bertin d'Antilly | Auguste de Marmont | Auguste Ambroise Tardieu | Victor Scipion Charles Auguste de La Garde de Chambonas | Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt | Philogène Auguste Galilée Wytsman | Mariette Bosch | Marcel-Auguste Dieulafoy | Marc Antoine Auguste Gaudin | Jean Auguste Margueritte | Henri Auguste Barbier | Auguste Piccard | Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant | Auguste Metz | Auguste Mariette | Auguste Laurent | Auguste Brizeux |
Interest in ancient Egypt was revived by archaeological and political events- the discovery in 1851 by Auguste Mariette of the Serapeum at Memphis and the digging of the Suez Canal in 1859- and by the reports of the educated élite returning from the Grand Tour.