Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia: And of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, in Search of the Ancient Berenice, and of Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon by Giovanni Battista Belzoni (Paperback, 2010)
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.
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781108016759
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92787268
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
564 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs, and Excavations, in Egypt and Nubia: And of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, in Search of the Ancient Berenice, and of Another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon
Publication Year
2010
Subject
Archaeology
Type
Textbook
Author
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Series
Cambridge Library Collection-Egyptology
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
244 mm
Item Weight
750 g
Item Width
170 mm
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United Kingdom
Title_Author
Giovanni Battista Belzoni
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