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The emperors' needles : Egyptian obelisks and Rome
Obelisks, originally associated with the sun cult, had their heyday between 2000 and 1500 bc, when they adorned the Nile's banks and proclaimed the splendour of the pharaohs. Today, only 27 Egyptian obelisks remain standing and they are scattered in various locations throughout the world. Rome,...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Liverpool
: Liverpool University Press
, 2014
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5949/liverpool/9781904675518.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Susan Sorek |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : University Press Scholarship Online / Archaeology |
