ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the vision on antiquity from the second half of 18thto the first half of 19th century, and the emergence of a new conception of the ‘past’ and of the manners of perceiving existing heritage. Between the 1820s and the 1830s, many travel reports and accounts by women travelling across Europe were published. These recounted their experience of the journey from the British Isles to the Continent, especially in Italy, leading eastwards to Egypt and in some cases to the Red Sea and India. In this frame, the chapter aims to focus on the vision and the consideration of antiquity by women travelling across so large a territory, starting from the Roman Empire to the autochthonous cultures, examining their books, diaries and journals.
