Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt by Bob Brier

Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt

Bob Brier

248 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586 – one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance. Roman ...

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