Volume 2

Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and of a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice; and another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon / By G. Belzoni.

  • Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823.
Date:
1822
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia; and of a journey to the coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice; and another to the oasis of Jupiter Ammon / By G. Belzoni. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    During this time, I attempted to make an excavation among the ruins of the temple at Erments, but I was soon convinced it would be to no purpose, and withdrew. ‘This temple is very interesting, for it differs from almost every other in its plan and construction. The draw- ing, Plate 37, is as correct a representation as I could take of it. On the back of this temple is the figure of the camelopard, which is of such very rare occurrence among the hieroglyphics, that this, and that which I mentioned in the sekos of the Memnonium, are the only instances I can point out in Egypt. MOTIVE OF MY JOURNEY TO THE RED SEA. Some time prior to this, the Bashaw ef Egypt was informed by two Copts, who landed on the » coast of the Red Sea from Arabia, that they had seen some sulphur mines in the mountains near that shore, several days’ journey above Cosseir. On the report of these two men, the Bashaw sent an order to the Cacheff of Esne to enter the desert in search of those mines. He set off with an escort of soldiers, and sixty camels to load with sulphur; but on their arrival, they found only several pieces scattered about here and there, and having collected them all, they were not sufficient to load twenty camels. Among C2