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Panoramic view of Sakiet or the Emerald Mountain
1820, Lithograph
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Panoramic view of Sakiet or the Emerald Mountain
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Panoramic view of Sakiet or the Emerald Mountain
Date
1820
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24.2 x 38.7 cm
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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 ancient Egyptians used various materials in huge quantities, particularly limestone. There was also mining for precious stones, such as emeralds, malachite (sehmet, turquoise (mafaket), carnelian, amethyst and other gemstones. Mining for minerals included salt (sodium chloride), Natron, a variant of normal cooking salt, alum, a mineral used for dying cloth and Galena, a lead sulphide used in cosmetics. One of the most overlooked quarrying was simply for Nile Mud, which was used for pottery making and for making bricks that were used in most common building applications.
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