The emperors' needles : Egyptian obelisks and Rome /

The emperors' needles : Egyptian obelisks and Rome /

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Main Author: Sorek, Susan (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Exeter : Bristol Phoenix Press, 2010.

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Obelisks > Egypt.
Obelisks > Italy > Rome.
Rome (Italy) > Buildings, structures, etc.

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Call Number: DT62 .O2 S67 2010

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Table of Contents:
  • 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.