Egyptian Obelisks"A deluxe book produced at the point that Harroun and Bierstadt dissolved their business ... The Artotypes in this book are some of the finest produced by Bierstadt. The pictorial record of this engineering feat is remarkable in itself; casing and tilting the obelisk, loading it into the side of the ship by removing part of the hull, pulling it out on a special dock in the Hudson and then moving it by custom made rail from the river to the site next to the Metropolitan Museum. The illustrations show the hieroglyphics, now mostly lost due to New York's polluted air, bright and clear."--Hanson Collection catalog, p. 82 |
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according to Birch Alexandria Amen-Mai Rameses AMEN-RA Ammianus Marcellinus ancient angle ARTOTYPE Atum beams beloved blocks bronze Brugsch caisson capstans cartouch Central Park Cleopatra Cleopatra's Needle crabs cradle Dessoug diadems disembarking dynasty embarking erected face feet Fontana foundation fragments Gorringe granite ground HARROUN & BIERSTADT hauled Heliopolis hieroglyphs horizontal hornblende Horus hundred hydraulic pumps inches inscriptions iron Karnak Khedive King of Upper LeBas Lepsius Lieutenant-Commander London obelisk Lord Lower Egypt Luxor monolith monument Museum Nile operation orthoclase OUSOR-MA-RA pedestal Pharaoh pieces placed Plate position present pyramid pyramidion quarries quartz RA-MEN-KHEPER Ramses Ramses II removed rock Roman Rome rope sculptures Seti shaft side sphinx square standing steamer stone Strong Bull Syene syenite tackles temple Thebes Thothmes timber tons translation transportation trunnions turning structure Upper and Lower vertical vessel weight xviii dynasty York obelisk Zoega