Entdeckungsreisen in Ägypten 1815-1819 in den Pyramiden, Tempeln und Gräbern am Nil

by Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Ingrid Nowel (Contributor)

Mit einer Geschichte der Ägyptenreisen seit dem 16. Jahrhundert von Ingrid Nowel.

Genres: Egypt, German Literature

277 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Italian explorer of Egyptian antiquities.

Once a circus strongman he was sent by Henry Salt, the British consul to Egypt, to the Ramesseum at Thebes, from where he removed with great skill the colossal bust of Ramesses II, commonly called "the Young Memnon". Shipped by Belzoni to England, this piece is still on prominent display at the British Museum.