Name of Object:

Henry Salt’s 1817 excavations at the Pyramids and Sphinx

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Holding Institution:

The British Museum

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Date of Object:

1817

Inventory Number:

n/a

Provenance:

?

Description:

On his arrival in Egypt, Salt sponsored and recorded the excavations of Captain Giovanni Battista Caviglia at the Giza pyramids and Sphinx. Caviglia discovered new chambers in the Great Pyramid and a lost chapel beneath the head of the Sphinx.

Type of Object

Drawing

Citation of this web page:

"Henry Salt’s 1817 excavations at the Pyramids and Sphinx " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2026.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;uk;100;en

MWNF Working Number: UK 100