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Revision as of 14:30, 18 April 2021
Giovanni Battista Caviglia (1770 – 1845), was an Italian explorer, navigator, and Egyptologist.
Biography
In 1818, Caviglia undertook the task of freeing the Great Sphinx at Giza from the sand which had covered it, in the process discovering the Dream Stele, a 15-ton stela built by Thutmose IV to commemorate his dream. Caviglia was looking for an entrance into the structure of the Sphinx, but instead, he discovered an open-air chapel and stelae between the paws.[1]
That same year, Cavigilia discovered fragments of the Sphinx's beard that had probably been added during the New Kingdom.[2]
Appearances
- Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – The Riddles of the Sphinx: "The Dream Stela"
- ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – The Riddles of the Sphinx: "The Sphinx's Beard"