Museum of antiquity : a description of ancient life : the employments, amusements, customs and habits, the cities, palaces, monuments and tombs, the literature and fine arts of 3,000 years ago (1882)
Yaggy, L. W, Haines, T. L · New York : Standard Pub. House · leaf 512
pt or elsewhere. The largest obelisk known isthat of St. John Lateran, Rome. It was brought from Heliopo-lis to Alexandria by the emperor Constantine, and was conveyed … OBELISK OF HELTOPOLis {Ovev 4000 ycars old). The following is a translation of the hieroglyphic writing which is set into it:TheHorus; the living from his birth; the king of Upper and Lower Egypt; RaKheper Ka; Lord of the two diadems; Son of the sun; Osirtasen; the loved of theGod of Heliopolis…
Civilization, Ancient · Classical antiquities
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