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Topographival view of the Valley of Beban el Malook
1820, Lithograph
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Topographival view of the Valley of Beban el Malook
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Topographival view of the Valley of Beban el Malook, with a view of the new discovered tombs, distinctly marked in black
Date
1820
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48.5 x 37.3 cm
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Lithograph
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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 Valley, known as Biban el-Muluk, "doorway or gateway of the kings," or, the Wadyein, meaning "the two valleys," is actually composed of two separate branches. The main eastern branch, called ta set aat, or "The Great Place," is where most of the royal tombs are located, and in the larger, westerly branch where only a few tombs were cut. Today it is known as The Valley of the Kings.
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