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    Giovanni Battista Belzoni (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni batˈtista belˈtsoːni]; 5 November 1778 – 3 December 1823), sometimes known as The Great Belzoni...
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  • Bellandi, sculptor. Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823), explorer. Giovanni Battista Bernero (1736–1796), sculptor. Giovanni Battista Brocchi (1772–1826), mineralogist...
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    was named for the 19th-century Italian archaeologist/explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni. The area was named Farm-Raised Catfish Capital of the World in...
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    Kings. It was uncovered by Italian archaeologist and explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni on 16 October 1817. Previously considered the longest tomb in...
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  • cyclist Giovanni Becatti (1912–1973), Italian archaeologist Giovanni Bellini (c. 1430–1516), Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823)...
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  • be the start of Akhenaten's Theban tomb. It was discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817; he found eight Third Intermediate Period mummies inside...
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    Kings near modern-day Luxor. The tomb was discovered in 1816 by Giovanni Battista Belzoni. Its architecture is similar to that of the royal tomb of Akhenaten...
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    Dynasty Pharaoh that was discovered in 1817 by the Italian explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni in tomb KV17 in the Valley of the Kings, Egypt. Seti I is believed...
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    November 3 – Karlo Lanza, Dalmatian politician (d. 1834) November 5 Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer (d. 1823) Thomas Ritchie, American journalist...
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  • Belzoni may refer to: Belzoni, Mississippi Belzoni, Oklahoma Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823), sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, a prolific Italian...
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    the 13th century BC. Earlier, in 1816, the Italian archeologist Giovanni Battista Belzoni had removed the 7.25-short-ton (6.58 t; 6,580 kg) statue fragment...
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    although it is suggested that the stone sarcophagus excavated by Giovanni Battista Belzoni in 1817 may have originated from this tomb. The tomb was found...
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    blocking the entrance for four more years. The Paduan explorer Giovanni Battista Belzoni reached the interior on 4 August 1817. As well as the temples...
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    Richards, British judge and politician (b. 1752) December 3 – Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer, pioneer archaeologist of Egypt (b. 1778) December...
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  • grand and to show how far a nation's reach extends. For example, Giovanni Battista Belzoni was hired by Henry Salt, the British consul to Egypt, to gather...
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    ruins of Berenice were identified by Giovanni Battista Belzoni, confirming an earlier opinion of d'Anville. Belzoni wrote that the city measured 1,600 feet...
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  • Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823), also known as The Great Belzoni, a prolific Italian explorer and pioneer...
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    were often copied during the 18th and 19th centuries; and of Giovanni Battista Belzoni, adventurer, engineer and egyptologist. The sculptor Antonio Canova...
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    allowing much plundering of various sites such as by the Italian Giovanni Battista Belzoni while a diplomatic posting in Cairo was highly sought after owing...
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    was a prince. The tomb was rediscovered on 9 October 1817 by Giovanni Battista Belzoni, who briefly described it, making special mention of the decoration:...
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    Tigris River, never to be retrieved. The other made it to Paris. Giovanni Battista Belzoni organized an effort to pull a 7.5-ton fragment of a statue of...
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    than 1,000 years. Italian archaeologist and circus strongman Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823). Yale University professor, historian, US senator...
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    statue was discovered in the temple enclosure of Mut at Karnak by Giovanni Battista Belzoni and Henry William Beechey in 1817. The head was found in front...
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    battlefield. Seti's well-preserved tomb (KV17) was found in 1817 by Giovanni Battista Belzoni, in the Valley of the Kings; it proved to be the longest at 446...
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    The earliest archaeological findings were made around 1817 by Giovanni Battista Belzoni and Henry William Beechey, who scavenged the site for artefacts...
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  • of Belzoni, and submerged a well-known local landmark along the river known as the “Belzoni Narrows.” Belzoni is named for Giovanni Battista Belzoni, sometimes...
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  • (French, born 1960) Jürgen von Beckerath (German, 1920–2016) Giovanni Battista Belzoni (Italian, 1778–1823) Georges Aaron Bénédite (French 1857–1926)...
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    Sarcophagus of Seti I, covered in Egyptian hieroglyphs, discovered by Giovanni Battista Belzoni, bought on 12 May 1824 for £2000 (equivalent to £222,000 in 2023)—Soane's...
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    November 3 – Karlo Lanza, Dalmatian politician (d. 1834) November 5 Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Italian explorer (d. 1823) Thomas Ritchie, American journalist...
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    Egypt may have been first aroused by seeing a presentation by Giovanni Battista Belzoni. His original ambition was to publish an account of what had remained...
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