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Belzoni, the giant archaeologists love to hate, Ivor Noel Hume

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-292) and index

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Belzoni

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Ivor Noel Hume

the giant archaeologists love to hate

"The Italian son of a barber. A failed hydraulic engineer. A giant who performed feats of strength and agility in the circus. Giovanni Belzoni (1778-1824) was all of these before going on to become one of the most controversial figures in the history of Egyptian archaeology. A man of exceptional size with an ego of comparable proportions, he procured for the British Museum some of its largest and still awe-inspiring treasures. Today, however, the typical museum visitor knows nothing of Belzoni, and many modern archaeologists dismiss him as an ignorant vandal..." --Publisher description

Prologue -- Sampson and Sarah -- Mohammed's man in Malta -- Enter the consul-general -- Moving Memnon -- The devil made them do it -- Staff problems at Abu Simbel -- A present from Philae -- Messing with mummies -- Return to Abu Simbel -- The great discovery -- Enduring achievements -- Confrontation in the consulate -- Over the mountains and through the passes -- Philae and the grand engagement -- Bingham Richards and the "Christie-sort of list" -- Hard times -- Saving Sarah -- Significant others -- Epilogue -- Glossary