The Aswân Obelisk With some remarks on the Ancient Engineering
by Reginald Engelbach
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About this eBook
- Author
- Engelbach, Reginald, 1888-1946
- Credits
- Produced by MFR, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DT: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Africa
- Subject
- Obelisks
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 59320
- Release Date
- April 20, 2019
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ASWÂN OBELISK WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE ANCIENT ENGINEERING
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.LIST OF PLATES WITH REFERENCES TO DESCRIPTIONS.
- 4.INTRODUCTION.
- 5.CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBELISK.
- 6.CHAPTER II. THE TRENCH.
- 7.CHAPTER III. THE UPPER QUARRY-FACE.
- 8.CHAPTER IV. EXTRACTION OF OBELISK FROM QUARRY.
- 9.CHAPTER V. TRANSPORT OF OBELISKS.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. ERECTION OF OBELISKS.
- 11.CHAPTER VII. MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS AND CONCLUSION.
- 12.CHAPTER VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- 13.INDEX.
- 14.PUBLICATIONS DU SERVICE DES ANTIQUITÉS DE L’ÉGYPTE ( Suite ).
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