Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt
Bob Brier
Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt - 238 p., 24 cm - Bloomsbury Egyptology . - Bloomsbury Egyptology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to quarry an obelisk -- Rome's obelisks -- God's architect -- Napoleon's obelisk -- Cleopatra's Needle sails for London -- The oldest skyscraper in New York -- Postscript on the obelisks.
9781474242936
Obelisks--Egypt
Architecture--Obelisks--Egypt
Monuments--Obelisks--Egypt
Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt - 238 p., 24 cm - Bloomsbury Egyptology . - Bloomsbury Egyptology .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to quarry an obelisk -- Rome's obelisks -- God's architect -- Napoleon's obelisk -- Cleopatra's Needle sails for London -- The oldest skyscraper in New York -- Postscript on the obelisks.
9781474242936
Obelisks--Egypt
Architecture--Obelisks--Egypt
Monuments--Obelisks--Egypt