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Author Brier, Bob, author.

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

Publication Info. London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, An imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2016.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  932 B76    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  932 BRIER    DUE 10-11-22 Billed
 Southington Library - Adult  732.8 BRI    Check Shelf
Description ix, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Bloomsbury Egyptology
Bloomsbury Egyptology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-232) 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.
Subject Obelisks -- Egypt.
Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.)
Cleopatra's Needle (New York, N.Y.) (OCoLC)fst00864012
Obelisks. (OCoLC)fst01042726
Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
ISBN 9781474242936 (hardback)
1474242936 (hardback)
9781474242943 (ePub)
9781474242950 (ePDF)
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