Title Cleopatra's needles : the lost obelisks of Egypt / Bob Brier.

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Description	1 online resource
Series	Bloomsbury Egyptology
	Bloomsbury Egyptology.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	How to quarry an obelisk -- Rome's obelisks -- God's architect -- Napoleon's obelisk -- Cleopatra's Needle sails for London -- The oldest skyscraper in New York -- Postscript on the obelisks.
Local Note	eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject	Obelisks -- Egypt.
	Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.)
	History of architecture.
	Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900.
	Egyptian archaeology -- Egyptology.
	HISTORY -- Ancient -- Egypt.
	Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.)
	Obelisks
	Egypt
Other Form:	Print version: Brier, Bob. Cleopatra's needles. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016 9781474242936 (DLC) 2016013267
ISBN	9781474242943 (electronic bk.)
	1474242944 (electronic bk.)
	9781474242950
	1474242952
	9781474242936 (hardback)