Narrative of Operations Recent Discoveries Within Pyramids, Temples, - And of a Journey to Coast of Red Sea, in Search of Ancient Berenice,

Klappentext Published in 1821! these adventures of an Italian strong-man turned hunter of Egyptian antiquities remain readable and entertaining today. Zusammenfassung Giovanni Belzoni (1778–1823) was famous in his day, and notorious afterwards, for his 'treasure-hunting' approach to the study of ancient Egypt, which included blasting his way into tombs with gunpowder. His narrative of his adventures was enormously popular at the time, and remains readable and entertaining today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Preface to the second edition; First journey; Second journey; Third journey; Journey to the Red Sea; Account of the taking of the obelisk from the island of Philoe to Alexandria; Journey to the oasis of Ammon; Appendix.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Belzoni Giovanni Battista, Belzoni Giovanni Battista
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 22.07.2010
• EAN: 9781108016759
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01675-9
• Pagine: 564
• Serie: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Egyptology
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Preistoria e protostoria, mondo antico; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Antichità; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology