Sacrifice of the bull

Category

Library Item

Item no

31057

Title

Sacrifice of the bull taken from the Tomb of Psammuthis

Artist / maker

Ricci, J

Date

1820

Size

22.0 x 32.0 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.

Psammuthis was an Egyptian Pharaoh of the Twenty-ninth Dynasty during 393 BC.

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Communication > Written > Hieroglyphs

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Archaeological sites

Landscape > Landscape architectural facilities > Excavation

Military > Arms and armament > Daggers and swords

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Religion > Religious gods and goddesses > Gods & Goddesses