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Cleopatra's needles : the lost obelisks of Egypt / Bob Brier.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brier, Bob, author.
- Series:
- Bloomsbury Egyptology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obelisks--Egypt.
- Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.).
- Obelisks.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781474242936
- 1474242936
- OCLC:
- 908990532
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