Mariette, Loret, Lacau and the others: Saqqarah in the Egyptological Archives of the University of Milan

Many documents related to more than one century of archaeological activities at Saqqarah are kept in the Egyptological Archives of the University of Milan. The most ancient ones are letters that Auguste Mariette sent to Heinrich Brugsch, describing his activities at the Serapeum and in the necropolis. Photographs, notes, plans, and drawings by Victor Loret give rich information on his excavations North of the pyramid of Teti. Other documents, notebooks, and photographs are due to the activities of James E. Quibell and of Alexandre Varille. Recently, the private archives of Pierre Lacau have been offered to the University of Milan: they contain letters and papers related to the work and life of the archaeologist on the site, in particular in the funerary complex of Djoser.