Cleopatra's needle : an account of the negotiations leading up to its gift to the city of New York by the Khedive of Egypt, its removal and its history and inscriptions, reprinted from "Egypt and its betrayal" (1908)
Farman, Elbert E. (Elbert Eli), 1831-1911 · New York : Grafton Press · leaf 46
chweighing nearly one thousand tons. That part of the wall whichcontains them is of unknown antiquity, but it is probably con-temporaneous with some of the great monuments of Egypt, theruins of which abound with stones of gigantic size. We know from the ancient drawings and hieroglyphic… … Removal of the Obelisk 173 with the greatest precision, and without in the least marringthe sharp edges of their bases, is still left wholly to conjecture. Obelisks were originally made with a flat base which resteddirectly on the pedestal. iMany of them were thrown down atthe time of the Persian…
Inscriptions, Egyptian · Egyptology · Obelisks
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