Cleopatra's needles : the lost obelisks of Egypt
(2016)
By:
Brier, Bob
Nonfiction
Book
Series:
Call Numbers:
932/BRIER,B
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016
DESCRIPTION
ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781474242936 (hardback), 1474242936 (hardback)
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES
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