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This is 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. 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. 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 forty-five, Belzoni died of fever trying to reach the mysterious city of Timbuktu. There has never been a character quite like him in the history of exploration.

Author Biography:

Stanley Mayes was a respected historian and biographer, highly regarded for his work on Egypt, archaeology and the history of the Ottoman Empire. He was also a broadcaster, political commentator on for the BBC Overseas service and BBC World Service and freelance journalist. He was working on his fifth book about Charles James Fox at the time of his death in 1992.
Release date Australia
June 30th, 2006
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  • General (US: Trade)
Edition
annotated edition
Illustrations
16-page plate section in black and white
Pages
360
Dimensions
126x198x26
ISBN-13
9781845113339
Product ID
2526444

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