Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: a courtyard with two obelisks. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Early sculptures on the obelisk at Xanthus

The south-east side of the obelisk at Xanthus

Machinery: plan and elevation of scaffolding erected to raise an obelisk in Rome. Coloured engraving.

Luxor, Egypt: the pylon of Luxor and a granite obelisk. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Obelisk at Heliopolis, known in the Bible as On, Egypt. Coloured lithograph by Louis Haghe after David Roberts, 1848.

Machinery: plan and elevation of scaffolding erected to raise an obelisk in Rome. Engraving by A. Specus, after D. Fontana.

An ornate garden obelisk decorated with urns and statues. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.

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Four Egyptian obelisks re-erected in Rome by Pope Sixtus V. Engraving, ca. 1590.

Cleopatra's needle, with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks / by Erasmus Wilson.

The history of the life and actions of Alexander the great. From the time of his birth, to that of his death, who afterwards was Embalmed. Translated from the French of Monsieur de Vaugelas: Which Work he was above Thirty Years in perfecting. To which is prefixed, an account of the antient Egyptians; the Grandeur of their Publick Buildings; Obelisks, Pyramids, Lake of Moeris, the Nile, the famous Canal between the Red-Sea, and the Mediterranean. Also the Manners, Customs, Laws, Learning and Government of the Egyptians. Likewise Their Manner of treating dead Bodies; Method of Embalming; and particular Way of trying and judging Persons after their Death. With seven large and curious Cuts of Egyptian Mummies, exactly drawn; with their Hieroglyphic Characters, interpreted and explained.

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Four Egyptian obelisks re-erected in Rome by Pope Sixtus V. Engraving, ca. 1590.

Cleopatra's needle, with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks / by Erasmus Wilson.

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: a courtyard with two obelisks. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Machinery: plan and elevation of scaffolding erected to raise an obelisk in Rome. Coloured engraving.

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Four Egyptian obelisks re-erected in Rome by Pope Sixtus V. Engraving, ca. 1590.

Cleopatra's needle, with brief notes on Egypt and Egyptian obelisks / by Erasmus Wilson.

Karnak Temple, Luxor, Egypt: a courtyard with two obelisks. Photograph by Pascal Sébah, ca. 1875.

Machinery: plan and elevation of scaffolding erected to raise an obelisk in Rome. Coloured engraving.