Handbook of archaeology, Egyptian - Greek - Etruscan - Roman (1867)
Westropp, Hodder M. (Hodder Michael), -1884 · London, Bell and Daldy · leaf 72
fifteenth 54 HANDBOOK OF ARCHAEOLOGY. century, B.C. The two obelisks at Luxor were erected by the kingBarneses II., of the nineteenth oVynasty, 1311 B.C. (Wilkinson). Oneof these has been taken to Paris. The obelisk of Heliopolis bears thename of Osirtasen I., 2020 B.C. (Wilkinson), and is… … OBELTSK AT HELIOPOLIS. lines are the ovals of Barneses the Great. They are of red granite ofSyene. One is still standing, the other has been thrown down. Thestanding obelisk is about 70 feet high, with a diameter at its base of7 feet 7 inches. The obelisk of the Piazza del Popolo claims…
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