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Published by J.Murray, 1820' or 'London, Published 1820, by John Murray, Albermarle Street'.  \nSome pages lettered variously 'C.Hullmandel's Lithography' or 'Printed by C.Hullmandel'.\r\n","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Lettered"}],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Print entitled 'Overflowing Of The Nile', drawn by Sarah Belzoni, from 'Plates Illustrative Of The Researches And Operations Of G. Belzoni In Egypt And Nubia' published by John Murray.  Volume of plates (44) on 34 sheets, with descriptive text.  Great Britain, 1820.  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She remained in Aswan when he cleared the entrance to the temple of Abu Simbel further south, writing a chapter on the women of Egypt, Nubia and Syria for his book: <i>Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries within the Pyramids</i>...and of a <i>Journey to the Coast of the Red Sea</i>. \nShe had indeed travelled by herself through the Holy Land in 1818, reportedly disguised as a Mamluk youth, but was also able over the years, to experience the separate culture of the Middle Eastern women. Thus Sarah Belzoni published some of the earliest accounts of domestic life among the Turks and Arabs and also distributed bibles to Egyptians in Rosetta to spread the Christian Gospel in the region, without much success. \nAfter her husband's death in 1823, Sarah opened an exhibition in London to succeed one he had successfully mounted some years previously. Unfortunately it was not a financial success and she became quite destitute for many years.  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