Volume 2

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 another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon / By G. Belzoni.

  • Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823.
Date:
1822
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: 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 another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon / By G. Belzoni. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS OF THIRD JOURNEY. Visir to the Defterdar Bey of Siout—his amusements in military exercise and observations on fire-arms, 1, 2. Mode of trying capital crimes, 3. The Bey’s knowledge on architecture, 6. Proceed towards Thebes—visit my old friend Soliman, Cacheff of Erments, at Tacta, 8. ; Eclipse of the sun—arrival and proceedings at Thebes, 10. Discover a fine colossal statue—opinion on the right site of the temple of Memnon, 13, 14. Hints to travellers where to dig for antiquities, 15. Take models of the tombs in wax, 17. The author’s motives for undertaking a journey to the Red Sea, 23. Preparations for departure, 23. JOURNEY TO THE RED SKA. Set sail—extraordinary inundation of the Nile, 24, 25. Arrive at Esné, and visit Ibrahim Bey—arrive at the island of Hovassee, 30.