Giovanni Battista Caviglia

Giovanni Battista Caviglia (1770 – 1845) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and Egyptologist.
==Biography==
In 1818, Caviglia undertook the task of freeing the Great Sphinx at Giza from the sand which had covered it, in the process discovering the , a 15-ton stela built by Thutmose IV to commemorate his dream. Caviglia was looking for an entrance into the structure of the Sphinx, but instead, he discovered an open-air chapel and stelae between the paws.Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – The Riddles of the Sphinx: "The Dream Stela"
That same year, Cavigilia discovered fragments of the Sphinx's beard that had probably been added during the .Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – The Riddles of the Sphinx: "The Sphinx's Beard"
==Appearances==
*Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt 
==References==
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