The Great Belzoni: The Circus Strongman Who Discovered Egypt's Ancient Treasures, Second Edition (Tauris Parke Paperbacks)
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (940 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1845113330 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 360 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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- Chichester Observer" . "If you wish to find inspiration for Allan Quatermain and Indiana Jones go no further, for here is a highly entertaining account of a fascinating character
Stanley Mayes was a respected historian and biographer, highly regarded for his work on Egypt, archaeology and the history of the Ottoman Empire.
Jesse S. Walker said A Circus strongman who used his brains to lift Egypt's treasures. This is a great book about a lesser known figure in the history of Egyptian Archaeology. It des a great job of telling about his life and placing him in a proper historical context. It doesn't try to hold him to modern archaeological standards, and explains that in the 19th century archaeology was kind of a race to loot. Despite this he made a bunch of discoveries including opening the second pyramid of Giza.The only way this book could be improved would be to include maps and a few more images of his discoveries. The maps are needed as most of the places were renamed or in a few cases he incorrectly na. "Mayes Book" according to Jonathan Donald. Stanley Mayes has done an excellent job of chronicling Belzoni's great acheivements as one of the world's first two 19th century Egyptologists. There were earlier European explorers in Egypt but as Mayes adroitly points out it remained to Belzoni and Jacob Burckhardt to reveal the marvels of the Valley of the Kings and Abu Simbel.. the great belzoni This is an excellent book. It is like taking the trip of a lifetime back to early 19th century Egypt
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. In 1823, at the age of forty-five, Belzoni died of fever trying to reach the mysterious city of Timbuktu. 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. 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. There has never been a character quite like him in the history of exploration.