Title
Sound response of the walls (italian translation)
Short description
Giovanni Battista Belzoni tells of hitting the walls and analyzing the sound response to understand whether there was a cavity behind them
Text on source
Ne' grandi di sepolcri feci battere alcuni vigorosi colpi di martello nella roccia o nel muro di sostegno per discernere dal suono se ci fosse stato qualche voto nascosto. Un giorno i colpi di martello risonarono come battendo sopra un cavo, ed aprirono un foro largo un piede e mezzo, che metteva in un'altra tomba.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 71
Date
1817 circa
Observations on the events description
In this entry, the passage in Italian translating event no. 9 from the original English edition of Belzoni's travel diary is provided.
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.

Participants
No other participants in this event description.


How to quote
Murarotto E., "Sound response of the walls (italian translation)" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2024 09 30.

doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.21

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