Panoramic View of the Mountain near Berenice

Category

Library Item

Item no

31078

Title

Panoramic view of the mountain near Berenice, at the Cape Lept Estrama

Date

1820

Size

25.0 x 39.0 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.

Berenice is an ancient seaport of Egypt on the west coast of the Red Sea.

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Architecture > Architectural features > Architectural plans

Architecture > Monuments > Tombs

Landscape > Land > Mountains

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Archaeological sites

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Excavation

Landscape > Water > Seas

Places > Africa > Egypt

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