The Great Belzoni

The Great Belzoni
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Publisher : Harvard Common Press
Total Pages : 372
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ISBN-10 : 1845113330
ISBN-13 : 9781845113339
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Book Synopsis The Great Belzoni by : Stanley Mayes

Download or read book The Great Belzoni written by Stanley Mayes and published by Harvard Common Press. This book was released on 2006-09-19 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The truly extraordinary life story of Giovanni Belzoni - engineer, barber, monk, actor and circus strongman (where he earned his title, 'The Great Belzoni'), who became one of the giants of 19th century Egyptian archaeology. Sometimes maligned as a tomb robber, Giovanni Battista Belzoni is perhaps the most important and yet least remembered explorer and archaeologist of the last two hundred years. Giovanni Belzoni was the first person to penetrate the heart of the second pyramid at Giza and the first European to visit the oasis of Siwah and discover the ruined city of Berenice on the Red Sea. In 1823, at the age of forty-five, Belzoni died of fever trying to reach the mysterious city of Timbuktu. There has never been a character quite like him in the history of exploration.


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