Main entry:

Fern, Susan.

Title & Author:

The emperors' needles : Egyptian obelisks and Rome / Susan Sorek.

Publication:

Exeter : Bristol Phoenix Press, 2010.

Description:

xxiv, 168 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-160) and index.
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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ISBN:

9781904675518
1904675514
1904675301
9781904675303

Subject:

Obelisks Egypt.
Obelisks Italy Rome.
Obélisques Égypte.
Obélisques Italie Rome.
Buildings
Obelisks
Obelisk
Rome (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Egypt
Italy Rome
Ägypten
Römisches Reich
Ägypten (Altertum)

Added entries:

Egyptian obelisks and Rome

Holdings:

Location: Library main 266527
Call No.: BIB 198454
Status: Available