John Shae Perring
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John Shae Perring
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John Shae Perring (1813–1869) was a British engineer, anthropologist and Egyptologist, most notable for his work excavating and documenting Egyptian pyramids. In 1837 Perring and British archaeologist Richard William Howard Vyse began excavating at Giza; they were later joined by Giovanni Battista Caviglia. They used gunpowder to force their way into several monuments and then to reach hidden chambers within them, such as the burial chamber of the pyramid of Menkaure, documenting them as they we
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British engineer, anthropologist and Egyptologist
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