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Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 – 1823) was an Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is known for his removal to England of the seven ton bust of Ramesses II (British Museum), the clearing of sand from the entrance of the great temple at Abu Simbel, the discovery and documentation of the tomb of Seti I, and the first to penetrate into the second pyramid of Giza. This 1820 narrative of his travels and discoveries is fascinating. Full title: 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 ( David Wales)
- Text source (only read from this text!): https://archive.org/details/narrativeofopera00belz
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History /Modern (19th C); *Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography/Memoirs; *Non-fiction/Art, Design & Architecture; *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography/Exploration
Keywords that describe the book: history, memoir, egypt, nineteenth century, archaeology, pyramids, temples, nubia, ramesses ii, abu simbel, giza, seti i
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START of recording (Intro):- "Chapter [number] of Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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"Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia, by Giovanni Battista Belzoni. [Chapter]"
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"[Chapter title]"
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