The emperors' needles : Egyptian obelisks and Rome /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fern, Susan (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Exeter : Bristol Phoenix Press, 2010.
Temas:
Obelisks > Egypt.
Obelisks > Italy > Rome.
Obélisques > Égypte.
Obélisques > Italie > Rome.
ART > History > Ancient & Classical.
Buildings
Obelisks
Obelisk
Rome (Italy) > Buildings, structures, etc.
Egypt
Italy > Rome
Ägypten > Altertum
Römisches Reich
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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