From Siena to Nubia: Alessandro Ricci in Egypt and Sudan, 1817-22

by Alessandro Ricci and Alessandro Ricci

A medical practitioner and talented draftsman, Alessandro Ricci was born in Siena, Italy, at the end of the eighteenth century. He traveled extensively throughout Egypt and Sudan between 1817 and 1822. During his stay, he worked as an epigraphist for Giovanni B. Belzoni in the tomb of Seti I and later entered into the service of British consul general Henry Salt and English explorer William John Bankes, on whose behalf he visited and documented...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9774168542
• ISBN13: 9789774168543
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 5.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 8.2" x 11.4"