Giovanni Battista Belzoni - A Real Life Indiana Jones

The protagonist of today’s story discovered ancient tombs, explored secret passages inside pyramids and recovered artefacts as old as time - while getting into fistfights, foiling assassination attempts with his trusty whip, dodging bullets amongst Egyptian ruins and facing the opposition of a French rival.

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Arnaldo Teodorani
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shell Harris

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Source/Further reading:

G.B. Belzoni, Encyclopaedia Britannica
'The Story of Giovanni Belzoni' by W[illiam] H[enry] Wills, [?] Hoare, Household Words, Volume II, Magazine No. 49, 1 March 1851, Pages: 548-552
Interview with Archaeologist Gabriele Rossi Ormida, Vatican Radio
‘Il Canto Oscuro’ Historical Blog
‘One of the most remarkable men in the entire history of archaeology. Leicester University Blog
Muhammad Ali Pasha, Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Great Belzoni: The Last Tomb Raider Of Ancient Egypt. BBC One Documentary
Lecture with archaeologist Laura Donatelli, Academy of Sciences, Turin
Giovanni Belzoni Circus Giant and Collector of Egyptian Antiquities
The Great Pyramid of Khafre at Giza
NHS Direct - Dysentery
Belzoni: The Giant Archaeologists Love to Hate
Filmsite Movie Review: Raiders of the Lost Ark

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