Narrative Of The Operations And Recent Discoveries Within The Pyramids, Temples, Tombs - Softcover

Giovanni Battista Belzoni

Softcover

ISBN 10: 046124859X ISBN 13: 9780461248593

Publisher: HardPress, 2020

Synopsis

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 by Giovanni Battista Belzoni. This first-person travelogue chronicles Belzoni's early Egyptian expedition (roughly 1815–1819), detailing engineering experiments to irrigate Egypt, encounters with Ottoman-Egyptian authorities, and the ambitious project to remove antiquities from Thebes to Europe. It weaves vivid descriptions of Karnak, Luxor, Gournou, Philę, Beban el Malook, and the Great Pyramid with observations on architecture, sculpture, material culture, and daily life along the Nile. The narrative also explores the political, religious, and intercultural tensions that surrounded excavation, the logistics of firman diplomacy, rival collectors, and the arduous logistics of transporting monumental artifacts, culminating in a nuanced portrait of early 19th-century exploration, science, and the ethics of antiquities collection.

Edition details

• Publisher: HardPress
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 046124859X
• ISBN 13: 9780461248593
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 572