Brief Account of the Researches and Discoveries in Upper Egypt, Made under the Direction of Henry Salt, Esq. - D'Athanasi, Giovanni

Giovanni D'Athanasi (1798-1854) became in 1815 the servant of Henry Salt (1780-1827), the antiquary who later became British Consul in Egypt and a pioneer Egyptologist. This 1836 book describes Salt's activities at Giza, Thebes and Abu Simbel, as well as providing a catalogue of his collection of antiquities.