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Belzoni, the pioneer of Egyptology who unearthed the temples of Abu Simbel and opened an entrance to the pyramid of Khafre

The beginnings of archaeology in general and Egyptology in particular, beyond the curiosity that the ruins unleashed in Antiquity and…

Abu Simbel temples in 1820, after Belzoni's intervention / Image: Wellcome Collection Gallery on Wikimedia Commons