Giovanni Battista Belzoni
(1778-1824)
Italian antiquarian
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Giovanni Battista Belzoni (5 November 1778 – 3 December 1823), sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian antiquities. He is known for his removal to England of the seven-tonne bust of Ramesses II, the clearing of sand from the entrance of the great temple at Abu Simbel, the discovery and documentation of the tomb of Seti I (still sometimes known as "Belzoni's Tomb"), including the Sarcophagus of Seti I, and the first to penetrate into the second pyramid of Giza.
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15 November 1778 Padua, Republic of Venice
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3 December 1824 (aged 46) Gwato, Benin Empire (now Ughoton, Edo State, Nigeria)
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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