Egyptian obelisks
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- Publication date
- 1882
- Topics
- Obelisks, Obelisks, Egypt -- Antiquities
- Publisher
- New York : Published by the author
- Contributor
- Getty Research Institute
- Language
- English
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
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
Notes
Page numbering alternates due to images and blank pages.
- Addeddate
- 2019-04-04 22:09:18
- Bookplateleaf
- 0002
- Call number
- 9925997280001551
- Camera
- Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control)
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:697736916
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- egyptianobelisks00gorr_0
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t09w81d3t
- Invoice
- 101
- Lccn
- 05009203
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- Openlibrary_edition
- OL6953397M
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- OL233157W
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- 56
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- Pages
- 324
- Physical_item
- 8
- Ppi
- 300
- Republisher_date
- 20190411092812
- Republisher_operator
- associate-leah-mabaga@archive.org
- Republisher_time
- 1272
- Scandate
- 20190405224345
- Scanner
- scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
- Scanningcenter
- santamonica
- Source
- folio
- Tts_version
- 1.64-initial-45-g1252243
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 2489328
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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