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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    him in appearance like the ruins of Pompeia, &c. He asserted also, that it was near the coast, and that the communication with the sea was quite easy. At the same time he produced a Greek inscription, which we also found on the top of a niche: we copied it with the greatest care, and it will be inserted hereafter. ‘This was quite enough. The ancient Berenice had at last been visited, and it was known where it was. In- deed, in a few points it did not quite agree with the situation described by the ancients; but these obstacles were soon removed, for I saw a modern geographer, a man of classical education, and a great traveller, take the pen in his hand, and, in order to make the newly discovered Berenice fall on the spot where it ought to be, and accord with the description of the ancient geographer, scratch out a large cape that incumbered him, being on the south of the supposed Berenice, and with the same coolness as if it had been a piece at draughts or chess, place it on the north; affirming that the bay was erroneously laid down by the ancient geo- graphers, who made the chart of the Red Sea. In the description of the mines Mr. Caliud was pretty correct, but it would have been more to his credit, if he had contented himself with an exact account of the new Berenice, as it was :