G. Belzoni (1778-1823)

In this post, I talk about Giovanni Battista Belzoni; he was an important Egyptologist of XIX century. He was born in Padua, Italia at 1778. He was married with a English woman, her name Sara Banne. Belzoni work in circus, performing as strong man. Giovanni is considered as tomb robber because when he travel to Egypt, in this country he makes many discoveries, for example  he visited and he explored many temples such as: Edfu, Elefantina y File, he cleared of sand the Abu Simbel´s temple, and he discovered tombs in kings valleys, for example Ramses I and Seti I.

He was published a book in which mentioned their adventures and discoveries in archaeological area, the book called Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia. He was died at 1823 in Nigeria, Africa of dysentery.

This person is a tomb robber but is an inspiration for movies like that Indiana Jones, and although the archaeologist not engaged to steal historic pieces, this person represents archaeologist romance of every people, but in reality an archaeologist seeks to protect historic pieces.