Download or read book The Egyptian Obelisks to which is Added a Supplement to the First Three Parts which Form the Fist Volume written by John Henry Parker and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Egyptian Obelisks written by John Henry 1806-1884 Parker and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Egyptian Obelisks Vol 4 written by John Henry Parker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Egyptian Obelisks, Vol. 4: To Which Is Added a Supplement to the First Three Parts, Which Form the First Volume IV. The obelisk at the Porta del Popolo, and that at the Trinita de' Monti, that before the Pantheon, and that in the Villa Mattei on the Coelian, all four bear the names of Rameses II., the king who was the greatest of all Egyptian conquerors and builders, who has left the most numerous monuments, and whose historical reign is the principal of those which are blended and confused together in the fabulous accounts of Sesostris. But the obelisk at the Porta del Popolo bears also the name of Seti, the father of Rameses II., who seems to have made at the opening of his reign two campaigns in Mesopotamia with such brilliant success as to have gained a re nown equal to that of any other Egyptian conqueror, though he was wounded in his second year, and lost his sight, so that his reign is marked as having lasted less than two years, while his son Rameses II. Reigned sixty-six years and some months. But the magnificent tomb of Seti, discovered by Belzoni, proves that though he may have been incapacitated from reigning, he really lived on after the apparent accession of his son, who seems to have put his father's name on no fresh monuments, but only on those which were already commenced when he lost his sight, and to have been too selfish to allow any other compensation for the loss of actual power, than that of continuing to increase the magnificence of his tomb, a monument hidden from the eyes of all contemporaries in the bowels of the rock. The inscription of the name of Seti on the obelisk at the Porta del Popolo must have been cut in b.c. 1487. V., VI., VII. The other three obelisks mentioned above as belong ing to the reign of Rameses II. After the blindness of his father, must have been erected at dates lying between the years 1486 and 1420 b.c. During this period it was that Ehud and Shamgar judged Israel; and during the same period, near its beginning, after Rameses II. Had in nine years overrun Western and Central Asia, certain colonists from Egypt, especially Danaus, the father of a line of Argive kings, settled in Greece. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Egyptian Obelisks To Which Is Added a Supplement to the First Three Parts Which Form the First written by Parker John Henry and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2019-03-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Egyptian obelisks to which is added a supplement to the first three parts which form the first vol written by John Henry Parker and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Short History of the Egyptian Obelisks written by W. Cooper and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-05 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An excerpt from the beginning of Chapter I. Characteristics of an Obelisk: OF all the monuments of Egypt the most striking and the most characteristic are the Obelisk and the Pyramid; both of them solar emblems: the one significant of the rising, and the other of the setting sun; and both alike dating from that pre-historic period of civilization which was in perfection ere the Father of the Faithful had descended from Ur of the Chaldees, or the Turanian races of India were oppressed by their Aryan brethren. For so long a succession of centuries has the Obelisk been admired and copied in the various cities of Africa, Asia, and Europe; Alexandria, Constantinople, and Rome, that the original peculiarities of the structure itself have been occasionally lost sight of: and any single vertical monument that could not be exactly described as a column, has been set down as an obelisk. Hence there is still in popular acceptance some inaccuracy as to the exact form that an obelisk should assume: and it becomes necessary at once to define what an obelisk is, and what it is not as to external form, before we proceed to examine the intention of its symbolism. An obelisk, or tekhen, to give it its Egyptian name, then, is a monument composed of a single quadrangular upright stone, having its four faces inclined towards each other; and in section, all its angles, right angles, and all its sides; parallel to each other ; its height is not less than that of ten diameters, taken at the base; and its apex is abruptly terminated by a small pyramidion, whose faces are inclined at about an angle of sixty degrees. The obelisk is generally supported upon a quadrangular base, the height of which is approximately that of a cube and a half, and which is also, like the obelisk, composed of a single stone, this base is further supported by two broad and deep steps. It is not necessary that the four sides of either obelisk or base ' have in section the same width, provided that each opposite side is exactly equal; but it is necessary that jail the lines of the monument be right lines; and that it should have no more than four sides. A polygonal, or a cylindrical monolith is not an obelisk; on the other hand, obelisks may be either inscribed or uninscribed; but the ornamentation is never in relief, other than the low sunken relief used in Egyptian art, and known as incavo relievo; and the inscription is always vertical with the lines of the monument, and not horizontal. It must be added, also, that entasis or that slight curvature of all long lines, which is so marked a feature in classic architecture, is wholly foreign to the design of an obelisk in the best period of Pharaohnic art.
Download or read book A Short History of the Egyptian Obelisks written by François Joseph Chabas and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-06-27 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Download or read book The Asw n Obelisk written by Reginald Engelbach and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reginald Engelbach's 'The Aswân Obelisk' is a fascinating account of the ancient engineering used in the extraction, transportation, and erection of one of the largest obelisks in the world. Through detailed descriptions and illustrations, Engelbach examines the methods used by ancient Egyptians to remove the obelisk from the quarry, transport it to the Nile, and erect it on its pedestal. He also sheds light on the tools, techniques, and equipment employed in the process, as well as the practical considerations involved. A must-read for anyone interested in the ancient world and the marvels of its engineering.
Download or read book Egyptian Obelisks written by Henry Honeychurch Gorringe and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book A Short History of the Egyptian Obelisks written by William Ricketts Cooper and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short History of the Egyptian Obelisks In the following pages I have endeavoured to arrange, in something like consecutive order, all that is definitely known concerning the History of the Egyptian Obelisks generally; and more particularly of those now standing. To do this it has been necessary to compare the accounts of many writers, and the measurements of various authors, but the result of such a comparison is far from satisfactory; in truth there is very little agreement between them; and there are several statements which cannot be reconciled with each other. Under these difficulties, I have had to rely chiefly upon the measurements of Bonomi,he being professionally a sculptor as well as an Egyptologist, and, therefore, possessing a double guarantee against liability to errors of detail. With regard to the identifications of the obelisks mentioned by Pliny with those now standing in Rome, it is hardly possible to be quite certain as to any special monument, except perhaps the Obelisk of the Circus Maximus. The original text of Pliny is very vague, and the judgment of Zoega is not wholly to be depended upon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Twelve Egyptian Obelisks in Rome Their History Explained by Translations of the Inscriptions Upon Them written by John Henry Parker and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 edition. Excerpt: ... OBELISKS. In the year 1852, Dr. Birch communicated to the "Museum of Classical Antiquities, or Quarterly Journal of Ancient Art," some "Notes upon Obelisks," including those in Rome. That Journal has long been discontinued, and the back numbers are out of print and scarce. Dr. Birch is now acknowledged to be the highest living authority on the subject; any work on the Egyptian Obelisks in Rome would now be incomplete if it did not include Dr. Birch's Notes on them. They are therefore here reprinted, along with corrections and the new translation that he has kindly made for this work of the hieroglyphics on the one made in Egypt for the Emperor Hadrian and his favourite Antinous, to be placed in Rome. Dr. Birch's translations are made from the admirable edition of the text of the Hieroglyphics by Ungarelli, with a Latin version published in Rome in a folio volume in 1842 *. Notes upon the obelisks of Thothmes III. His accession to power materially altered the position of Egypt; and the long annals of his reign exalt him far above the supposed Rameses II., or Sesostris. Throughout his rule, deputations and tribute-bearers of the different tribes came to Egypt, offering the rich products of their lands, and amongst other objects obelisks were of course included, from the granite quarries of the vicinity of Syene. Hence, in the tablet of Karnak, 1. 26, after mentioning the setting up of tablets in the land of Naharaina, in order to extend the frontiers of Egypt, it states, "sledges coming from the land of P'unt in that year," which, notwithstanding the mutilated condition of the monument, must be 32nd or 33rd. In the pictorial representation of this tablet, in the tomb of the officer Rekmara, the people of P'unt are represented offering two...
Download or read book Cleopatra s Needle written by Erasmus Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cleopatra's Needle: With Brief Notes on Egypt and Egyptian Obelisks The accompanying pages are intended as an introduction to the magnificent Egyptian Obelisk which is about to take its place among the monuments of London. This Obelisk was hewn in the renowned quarries of Syene, at the extreme southern boundary of Egypt, and was thence floated down the stream of the Nile to Heliopolis, the City of the Sun. It was erected, as one of a pair, in front of the seat of learning wherein Moses received his education, and stood in that position for about 1, 600 years. Shortty before the Christian era it was conveyed to Alexandria, where it has remained until the present time, and is now on its voyage to the banks of the Thames. Its age, therefore, may be computed at upwards of 3,000 years. At that early period, when other nations had not yet awakened into the dawn of civilisation, Egypt had made substantial progress in architecture and sculpture; and the British Obelisk may be taken as an admirable example of their excellence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book Egyptian Obelisks written by Henry H 1841-1885 Gorringe and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book The Twelve Egyptian Obelisks in Rome Their History Explained by Translations of the Inscriptions Upon Them written by John Henry Parker and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-18 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
