academic role, saying "I knew I would die or go mad if I did not return to Egypt immediately". After less than a year, he returned to Egypt at the insistence of the Egyptian government under Sa'id of Egypt, who created the position of Conservator of Egyptian monuments for him in 1858.

The following are Mariette's most notable explorations and discoveries after he moved his family to Cairo:
*Gaining government funds open the museum in Cairo at Bulaq