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From the kings tombs in Thebes.

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425312


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Title

From the kings tombs in Thebes.

Collection

Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia.
Plates illustrative of the researches and operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia [1820]

Names

Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823 (Author)
Belzoni, Giovanni Battista, 1778-1823 (Artist)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1820
Place: London
Publisher: J. Murray

Library Location

General Research Division
Shelf locator: *OBM+++ (Belzoni, G.B. Plates--Egypt and Nubia)

Subjects

Egypt -- Antiquities
Nubia -- Antiquities
Tombs & sepulchral monuments -- Egypt -- Valley of the Kings
Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic
Thebes (Egypt : Extinct city)
Seti I, King of Egypt -- Tomb
Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
Hieroglyphics

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Notes

Content: Title on spine: Egypt and Nubia--plates.
Content: For Psammuthis [Psammetichus] read Seti I /Dr. John M. Lundquist, NYPL/

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 58 x 43.5 cm.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPG86-B12315
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11003481
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 471d8100-c6cc-012f-fad8-58d385a7bc34

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1820

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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "From the kings tombs in Thebes." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1820. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/471d8100-c6cc-012f-fad8-58d385a7bc34

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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. (1820). From the kings tombs in Thebes. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/471d8100-c6cc-012f-fad8-58d385a7bc34

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General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "From the kings tombs in Thebes." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/471d8100-c6cc-012f-fad8-58d385a7bc34

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