Cleopatra's needles : the lost obelisks of Egypt

Cleopatra's needles : the lost obelisks of Egypt / Bob Brier.

In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586--one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance. Roman emperors moved more than a dozen, but left no records...

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Main Author: Brier, Bob (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; Oxford ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
Series:Bloomsbury Egyptology.
Subjects:
Obelisks > Egypt.
Egyptology > History > 19th century.
Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.)
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Call Number: DT62.O2 B67 2016
Status: Available

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