General View of the Ruins of the Great Temple at Carnac

Category

Library Item

Item no

31068

Title

General view of the ruins of the Great Temple at Carnac

Date

1820

Size

35.3 x 67.5 cm

Type

Lithograph

Location

Reference Library

Giovanni Battista Belzoni was an Italian explorer and archaeologist, born in Padua (Padova). In 1803 he was working in England as a circus strong man, and exhibiting models of hydraulic engines. In 1815 he went to Cairo to try and sell his hydraulic engines to Muhammad 'Ali Pasha, and within two years had begun a new career, excavating Egyptian tombs and temples.

The temple of Karnak was known as Ipet-isut (meaning 'most chosen of places') by the ancient Egyptians. It is a city of temples built over 2000 years and dedicated to the Theben triad of Amun, Mut and Khonsu.

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