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Egyptian obelisks   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Author
Gorringe, Henry H. (Henry Honeychurch), 1841-1885, author
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Title
Egyptian obelisks
Publisher
New York : Published by the author
Description
x, 187 pages, [49] leaves of plates : 27 cm
Removal of the Alexandrian obelisk, "Cleopatra's needle," to New York. -- The archæology of the New York obelisk. -- Removal of the Luxor obelisk to Paris. -- Removal of the fallen obelisk of Alexandria to London. -- Re-erection of the Vatican obelisk. -- Record of all Egyptian obelisks. -- Notes on the ancient methods of quarrying, transporting, and erecting obelisks. -- Analysis of the materials and metals found with the obelisk at Alexandria
Includes bibliographical references and index

Subjects: Obelisks; Obelisks; Egypt -- Antiquities
Language English
Publication date 1882
publication_date QS:P577,+1882-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Current location
IA Collections: getty; americana
Accession number
egyptianobelisks00gorr_0
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Authority file  OCLC: 697736916
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Internet Archive identifier: egyptianobelisks00gorr_0
https://archive.org/download/egyptianobelisks00gorr_0/egyptianobelisks00gorr_0.pdf

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