[ Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids, Temples, Tombs and Excavations in Egypt and Nubia and of a Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea, in search of the ancient Berenice; and another to the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon / Giovanni Battista Belzoni ]
Researches and operations in Egypt, Nubia, &c. / Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Travel of Giovanni Battista Belzoni
Ermopoli - Egypt (Temple of Gournou)
Title
Sound response of the walls (original source)
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
While my men were at work, I was in the habit of searching among these tombs, and entered all the places and holes I could possibly squeeze myself into. In the large tombs I caused the side wall or rock to be struck with the large sledge hammer, to discover by the sound if any cavity were near. One day the hammer not only gave a hollow sound, but made an aperture a foot and half wide into another tomb. Having enlarged the hole sufficiently to pass, we entered, and found several mummies, and a great quantity of broken cases.
English translation
Folios/Pages
p. 180
Date
1817 circa
Observations on the events description
The dots on the map indicate the places where sound and music events were described. They don't represent travel stages.
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How to quote
Murarotto E., "Sound response of the walls (original source)" (Event description), Echos. Sound Ecosystems in Travelogues. Published 2025 01 04.doi: 10.25430/echos.travels.21
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