The Great Belzoni: The Circus Strongman Who Discovered Egypt's Ancient Treasure (Paperback)
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|Short Description for The Great Belzoni This is the life story of Giovanni Belzoni, who became one of the giants of 19th-century Egyptian archaeology. He was the first person to penetrate the heart of the second pyramid at Giza, the first European to visit the oasis of Siwah and to discover the ruined city of Berenice on the Red Sea.
Full description- Publisher: Tauris Parke Paperbacks
- Published: 01 December 2003
- Format: Paperback 368 pages
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- Categories: Biography: Historical, Political & Military | Biography: Science, Technology & Engineering | Egyptian Archaeology / Egyptology
- ISBN 13: 9781860648779 ISBN 10: 1860648770
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Full description for The Great Belzoni
This is the extraordinary life story of Giovanni Belzoni - engineer, barber, monk, actor and circus strongman (where he later 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 19th and 20th centuries. 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 45, Belzoni died of fever trying to reach the mysterious city of Timbuktu.
