Travels in Egypt and Nubia: (Expanded, Annotated):

Among the noted explorers and adventurers of the great age of discovery, few can compare with the Great Belzoni. No study of the modern exploration of ancient Egypt is complete without his extraordinary work. Once a circus strongman, trained as an engineer, he spent many years on the Nile in Egypt and Nubia studying the ancient ruins and shipping antiquities back to Europe.

Though once considered a tomb robber, recent re-evaluations of Belzoni have give...