Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia: And of a Journey to the ... Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon, Volume

History

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista

Middle East

Franklin Classics

Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and of a Journey to the ... and Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon

Belzoni, 1783-1870

The Italian adventurer Giovanni Belzoni (1778 1823) is one of the most colourful and notorious figures in Egyptology. After the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt, European interest in the country, and especially in its antiquities, led to a demand for artifacts, the larger the better. Belzoni happened to be pursuing his two careers, as circus strong-man and hydraulic engineer, in Egypt in 1815, when he was asked to organise the transport of a 7-ton statue of Ramesses II from Thebes to the British Museum. After the success of this enterprise, he turned his attention to the discovery of other antiquities, though using destructive techniques which were deplored by serious contemporary scholars. His narrative of his adventures was enormously popular at the time, and remains readable and entertaining today. This reissue omits the plates from the original edition, which are too large to be reproduced satisfactorily in this format."

Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia: And of a Journey to the ... Library Collection: Archaeology (Paperback))

Giovanni Battista, Belzoni

Ancient Civilizations

Cambridge University Press

<p>Republished for the first time in unabridged form, Belzoni's travel journal recreates the magical atmosphere of Egypt in 1815 to 1819. Belzoni was the first to enter and describe monuments such as the temple at Abu Simbel, and the tomb of Seti I.</p>

Belzoni's Travels: Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries in Egypt and Nubia

Travel

Africa

British Museum Press

Adventures of Belzoni

Reference

Reprint Services Corp

Legare Street Press

Fruits Of Enterprise Exhibited In The Travels Of Belzoni In Egypt And Nubia: To Which Is Prefixed A Short Account Of The Travelleres Death

Narrative Of The Operations And Recent Discoveries Within The Pyramids, Temples, Tombs And Excavations In Egypt And Nubia: And Of A Journey To The ... To The Oasis Of Jupiter Ammon; Volume 1

<p>The Italian adventurer Giovanni Belzoni (1778-1823) is one of the most colourful and notorious figures in Egyptology. After the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt, European interest in the country, and especially in its antiquities, led to a demand for artifacts, the larger the better. Belzoni happened to be pursuing his two careers, as circus strong-man and hydraulic engineer, in Egypt in 1815, when he was asked to organise the transport of a 7-ton statue of Ramesses II from Thebes to the British Museum. After the success of this enterprise, he turned his attention to the discovery of other antiquities, though using destructive techniques which were deplored by serious contemporary scholars. His narrative of his adventures was enormously popular at the time, and remains readable and entertaining today. This reissue omits the plates from the original edition, which are too large to be reproduced satisfactorily in this format.</p>

Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia: And of a Journey to the ... (Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology)

The Fruits Of Enterprise: Exhibited In The Travels Of Belzoni In Egypt And Nubia (1825)

Biographies & Memoirs

Wilson, Sarah Atkins

Historical

Kessinger Publishing

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