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

Van Pelt Library DT62.O2 B67 2016
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Language:
English
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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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