Caviglia Giovanni Battista,his field of expertise is Egyptology

Caviglia Giovanni Battista

Caviglia Giovanni Battista

Date of Birth :

1770

Place of Birth :

Italian

Country :

Italy

Field of Expertise :

Egyptology

Educational background :

Acheivements / Contributions :

An early traveler in Egypt, Caviglia was a unpredictable, uneducated Italian who spent his early life as a sea captain.
Nevertheless, he found his true calling in Egyptology, at a time when perhaps adventurous men were more suitable to the profession than today's scholars.
He was employed by various European collectors and work with a number of early explorers, including personalities such as Henry Salt.
Salt paid Caviglia to excavate the Sphinx, but actually the two men had a falling out after Caviglia spent most of his time looking for mummy pits.
He is noted at the first explorer to carry out main excavations at Giza, and exclusively investigated the Davison Chamber in the Great Pyramid, hoping to find a secret room.

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