Bono'mi, Joseph

FR.A.S., an English artist, and antiquarian author, B. 1796. In 1822 he went to Rome to pursue the study of art, and afterwards visited Syria and Egypt, remaining in the latter country 15 years. He was the first to point out to the learned world the remarkable monument mentioned by Hero dot us as having been set up by Sesostris on the coast of Syria, as a record of his victories. B. is the author of Nineveh and its Palaces, (3d ed. 1859,) and of the "descriptions" in Egypt, Nubia, and Ethiopia, illustrated by 100 Photo graphs, (1862.) He is also the author of several works and papers on Egyptian archæology. D. 1878. Bonorva, a town of the island of Sardinia, prov. Sa ari, 18 m. E.N.E. of Bosa; рор. 5,366.