In 1820, the English traveller Sir Frederick Henniker (1793 1825) set out for Egypt, which he would explore for nearly three years. He sailed up the Nile, calling it 'the least romantic, but most useful of rivers', stopping off at many places along the way. His adventures were varied: he was the first known person to climb to the apex of the Pyramid of Khafre at Giza, and he acquired a second-century coffin that is now in the British Museum. He claimed to have met Egypt's khedive, Muhammad Ali Pasha, with whom he discussed English horses and military campaigns. Heading next to Mount Sinai and...
In 1820, the English traveller Sir Frederick Henniker (1793 1825) set out for Egypt, which he would explore for nearly three years. He sailed up the N...
