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قراءة كتاب The New York Obelisk Cleopatra's Needle
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THE NEW YORK OBELISK
Cleopatra's Needle
WITH A PRELIMINARY SKETCH OF THE HISTORY
ERECTION, USES, AND SIGNIFICATION
OF OBELISKS
BY
CHARLES E. MOLDENKE, A.M., Ph.D.
NEW YORK
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH AND CO.
38 West Twenty-Third Street
1891
Copyright, 1891,
By Charles E. Moldenke.
University Press:
PRESSWORK BY
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
| Chapter I. Obelisks—where found, and when, and by whom erected. | 1—11 |
| §1. The present site of obelisks. 1-5. §2. By whom obelisks were erected. 5-7. §3. By whom obelisks were transported. 7-8. §4. List of obelisks. 8-11. I. Erect Obelisks. 9-10. II. Prostrate Obelisks. 10-11. | |
| Chapter II. The quarrying, transporting, and raising of obelisks. | 12—17 |
| §1. How obelisks were quarried. 12-15. §2. How obelisks were transported. 15-17. §3. How obelisks were raised. 17. | |
| Chapter III. The form, name, dimensions, invention, material, and use of obelisks. | 18—25 |
| §1. The form of the obelisk and the pyramidion. 18-21. §2. The derivation of the name "obelisk". 21-22. §3. The dimensions of obelisks. 22-23. §4. The material of obelisks. 23-24. §5. The invention of obelisks and the use they were put to. 24-25. | |
| Chapter IV. The signification of the obelisk and the worship of the sun. | 26—34 |
| Chapter V. The history of the New York Obelisk, and its removal from Alexandria. | 35—45 |