[PDF.57dr] Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt (Bloomsbury Egyptology)

Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt (Bloomsbury Egyptology)

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 | #737404 in Books |  2016-04-21 |  2016-04-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  243.84 x.94 x6.39l,.0 | File type: PDF | 248 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| This is a fantastic book. I've read it twice - once quickly ...|By Denise|This is a fantastic book. I've read it twice - once quickly for pure enjoyment, the second time slowly to make sure I learned what I could. I marvel at two things in particular: first, the amount of difficult engineering involved in creating, transporting, raising, and in some cases removing the obelis| ||“Well researched and entertaining with amusing historical anecdotes, this study will fascinate those interested in Egyptian ­antiquities as well as engineering.” -Edward K. Werner, ­formerly with St. Lucie Cty. Lib. Syst., USA, Library

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 emperors moved more than a dozen, but left no records of how they did it. The nineteenth-century engineers entrusted with transporting the obelisks across oceans had to invent new methods, and they were far from certain...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Cleopatra's Needles: The Lost Obelisks of Egypt (Bloomsbury Egyptology)   |  Bob Brier. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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