# Obelisk

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- Authors: [Brian A. Curran](https://www.bookquiver.com/brian-a-curran), [Anthony Grafton](https://www.bookquiver.com/anthony-grafton), [Pamela O. Long](https://www.bookquiver.com/pamela-o-long), [Benjamin Weiss](https://www.bookquiver.com/benjamin-weiss)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2009-03-20

## Description

The many meanings of obelisks across nearly forty centuries, from Ancient Egypt (which invented them) to twentieth-century America (which put them in Hollywood epics). Nearly every empire worthy of the...

## Editions

### Obelisk

- Publisher: the_mit_press
- ISBN: 978-02-6251-270-1
- Pages: 384
- Published: 2009-03-20
- Language: en_US