The emperors' needles : Egyptian obelisks and Rome /
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Call Number: DT62 .O2 S67 2010
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The emperors' needles : |b Egyptian obelisks and Rome / |c Susan Sorek. |
| 246 | 3 | 0 | |a Egyptian obelisks and Rome. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Exeter : |b Bristol Phoenix Press, |c 2010. | |
| 300 | |a xxiv, 168 pages : |b Illustrations, map ; |c 24 cm. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages [159]-160) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction : the history of Pharaonic Egypt -- The cult of the sun stone : the origins of the obelisk -- Created from stone : how Egyptian obelisks were made -- Contact with the west : Greece and Rome -- Roman annexation of Egypt -- Egyptian influence in Rome -- Augustus and the first Egyptian obelisks to reach Rome -- Other Augustan obelisks -- Augustus' successors : Tiberius and Caligula -- Claudius and Nero : the last of Augustus' dynasty -- The Flavian emperors and the obelisks of Domitian -- The emperor Hadrian : a memorial to grief -- Constantine and the new Rome -- From Rome to Constantinople -- An obelisk in France -- Obelisks in Britain -- From the Old World to the New : an obelisk in New York -- The obelisk builders and the standing obelisks of Egypt -- Conclusions. | |
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| 650 | 0 | |a Obelisks |z Egypt. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Obelisks |z Italy |z Rome. | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Rome (Italy) |x Buildings, structures, etc. | |
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