Obelisk : a history /
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Call Number: DT62 .O2 O53 2009
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| 050 | 0 | 4 | |a DT62 .O2 O53 2009 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Curran, Brian A. |q (Brian Anthony), |d 1953- |e author |9 28485 | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Obelisk : |b a history / |c Brian A. Curran and others. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Cambridge, Mass : |b MIT Press, |c 2009. | |
| 300 | |a 383 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm. | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Burndy Library publications ; |v 2. | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-363) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The sacred obelisks of ancient Egypt -- The obelisks of Rome -- Survival, revival, transformations : middle ages to renaissance -- The high renaissance : ancient wisdom and imperium -- Moving the Vatican obelisk -- Changing the stone : Egyptology, antiquarianism, and magic -- Baroque readings : Athanasius Kircher and obelisks -- Grandeur : real and delusional -- The eighteenth century: new perspectives -- Napoleon, champollion, and Egypt -- Cleopatra's needles : London and New York -- The twentieth century and beyond. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Obelisks. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Egypt |x Antiquities. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Egypt |x History. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Burndy Library publications ; |v 2. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
| 942 | |c BK |2 lcc | ||