The Belzoni Sarcophagus

Shelfmark: 373_INS_17

Holding institution: Liverpool Record Office

Date: 1837

Description: Article taken from an edition of The Saturday Magazine featuring the Belzoni Sarcophagus.

The article details the discovery of the sarcophagus by Giovanni Belzoni in a tomb in Thebes, its physical properties, and its acquisition by Sir John Soane for his museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields.

The Magazine is dated 15 July 1837, no. 323.

Language: English

Author: The Saturday Magazine

Subject: Egypt, Periodicals, Sarcophagus, Belzoni, John Soane

Dimensions: 28. 9 cm x 18. 9 cm

Copyright holder: Liverpool John Moores University

Terms of use: CC BY-NC 4.0