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Giovanni Battista Caviglia (1770 in Genoa – September 7, 1845, in Paris) was an Italian explorer, navigator and Egyptologist. He was one of the pioneers of Egyptian archeology of his time.[1] He was influential in the excavation of the Sphinx of Giza near Cairo.
- ^ Thompson, Jason (2015). Wonderful Things: A History of Egyptology. Oxford University Press. p. 145. ISBN 978-977-416-599-3.