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Giovanni Battista Caviglia
Giovanni Battista Caviglia (1770 – 1845) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and Egyptologist.
Biography[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 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"