Obelisk: A History

by Pamela O. Long, Anthony Grafton, Benjamin Weiss, et al.

The many meanings of obelisks across nearly forty centuries, from Ancient Egypt (which invented them) to twentieth-century America (which put them in Hollywood epics).

Nearly every empire worthy of the name--from ancient Rome to the United States--has sought an Egyptian obelisk to place in the center of a ceremonial space. Obelisks--giant standing stones, invented in Ancient Egypt as sacred objects--serve no practical purpose. For...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 026251270X
• ISBN13: 9780262512701
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 383 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.6" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher