Herodotus - Early Traveller and Historian - In Egypt
Herodotus - Ancient Greek Traveller and Historian - Visiting Aswan in Ancient Egypt. His eye-witness accounts indicate that he travelled in Egypt probably sometime after 454 BC or possibly earlier in association with Athenians, after an Athenian fleet had assisted the uprising against Persian rule in 460-454 BC. His narrative is, however, so peppered with known inaccuracy that today, many historians doubt the likely validity of his journey
Picture No
10920789
Media ID
47616573
Size
3500px x 4758px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Illustration based on a painting by Salomon van Abbe (1883-1955) from Newnes' Pictorial Knowledge Vol II p17
Date
circa 454 BC
