The Luxor Obelisk and Its Voyage to Paris by Jean-Baptiste Apollinaire Lebas

The Luxor Obelisk and Its Voyage to Paris

Jean-Baptiste Apollinaire Lebas with Bob Brier (Translator), Colette Fossez Sumner (Translator)

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nonfiction design history technology
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The extraordinary story of how an obelisk from the banks of Luxor was transferred to the Place de la Concorde in Paris in the early 19th century Transporting the Luxor obelisk from Egypt to Paris was one of the great engineering triumphs of the ea...

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