Belzoni, a native of Padua, then part of the Republic of Venice ... Salt’s secretary, on a trip to Abu Simbel to see how they could unearth the speos temples (excavated in the rock) discovered by ...

Abu Simbel survived through ancient times ... Then, in 1817, a circus strongman named Giovanni Belzoni uncovered the buried entrance to the great temple. This entrance, which was precisely ...

Enough sand was cleared away in 1817 by Giovanni Belzoni for the temple to be entered ... including the temple complexes of Philae, Kalabsha and Abu Simbel, were dismantled stone by stone and ...

In episode four of Egypt, Belzoni makes some of his greatest discoveries, and uncovers the entrance to The Temple Of Ramesses at Abu Simbel. Belzoni's new ambition is to be the greatest collector ...

In 1960, a new dam on the Nile threatened Ramses II’s temples at Abu Simbel and other ancient treasures. Here's how the world saved them. Photographed in 1966, faces of three of four colossal ...

The site of Abu Simbel is one of Egypt’s most awe-inspiring structures, albeit not the easiest one to visit. Comprised of two majestic temples overlooking Lake Nasser this landmark has a storied ...

In August 1817 Italian engineer Giovanni Belzoni found a way to clear away the huge amounts of sand that stopped anyone from entering the ancient Egyptian temple complex of Abu Simbel.

Aiding in the preservation of the temple of Abu Simbel was one of Christiane Desroches ... the field since its inception, from Giovanni Belzoni, a onetime circus strongman who located the hidden ...

However, this time the equinox coincides with the golden jubilee of the Abu Simbel temples salvage operation. Hamdi El-Sotouhi, the founder of Abu Simbel salvage campaign, describes this year’s ...

Enough sand was cleared away in 1817 by Giovanni Belzoni for the temple to be entered ... including the temple complexes of Philae, Kalabsha and Abu Simbel, were dismantled stone by stone and ...