Egypt
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- Egypt Or Central Park: Where Does An Ancient Obelisk Belong?
New York Times (Francie Diep and Joseph Castro) With video. Is New York City’s weather destroying a 3,500-year-old Egyptian obelisk? That’s a question the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation is setting out to answer this summer as it conducts...
- Ancient Egyptian Quarries Literature Update
Archaeology and Conservation Services (Per Storemyr) Thanks to Per Storemyr for letting me know that his list of literature about ancient Egyptian quarries has been updated. This is a great resource for anyone interested in the topic of stone quarrying...
- Plea From Hawass To Conserve The New York Obelisk
drhawass.com With photograph. Since 1880 a beautiful obelisk commemorating King Thutmose III has stood in Central Park in New York City. This obelisk is one of a pair - the other one currently stands in Westminster in London. It has recently been brought...
- Daily Photo Archive
I was asked yesterday if my blog has an archive for the daily photos, which it doesn't. However, I have now added a hyperlink to the Links list so that when you click the Daily Photo link (third one down at the moment), you will find that all of the...
- Commemorative Obelisk Installed
http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/Kent/article-117355.htmlA sculpture made from recycled glass, in the form of an obelisk, has been installed in a new housing project in Kent, U.K., commemorating a local resident who financed the transportation...
Egypt
Tracing obelisk weathering with old photos
per-storemyr.net (Per Storemyr)
With some great photos and references for those who want to read more. Thanks to Per Storemyr for sending me the link.
Historic photos are essential for research on monument weathering. With free internet access to archives, such photos are now easier to find than previously. In this article, I will show the case of Cleopatra’s Needle, a famous Ancient Egyptian obelisk transferred to New York in 1880. Its severe weathering occupied Erhard Winkler, a pioneer on the historic implications of monument weathering. But Winkler overlooked a key historic photo that would have seriously altered his interpretations.
- Egypt Or Central Park: Where Does An Ancient Obelisk Belong?
New York Times (Francie Diep and Joseph Castro) With video. Is New York City’s weather destroying a 3,500-year-old Egyptian obelisk? That’s a question the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation is setting out to answer this summer as it conducts...
- Ancient Egyptian Quarries Literature Update
Archaeology and Conservation Services (Per Storemyr) Thanks to Per Storemyr for letting me know that his list of literature about ancient Egyptian quarries has been updated. This is a great resource for anyone interested in the topic of stone quarrying...
- Plea From Hawass To Conserve The New York Obelisk
drhawass.com With photograph. Since 1880 a beautiful obelisk commemorating King Thutmose III has stood in Central Park in New York City. This obelisk is one of a pair - the other one currently stands in Westminster in London. It has recently been brought...
- Daily Photo Archive
I was asked yesterday if my blog has an archive for the daily photos, which it doesn't. However, I have now added a hyperlink to the Links list so that when you click the Daily Photo link (third one down at the moment), you will find that all of the...
- Commemorative Obelisk Installed
http://www.easier.com/view/UK_Property_News/Kent/article-117355.htmlA sculpture made from recycled glass, in the form of an obelisk, has been installed in a new housing project in Kent, U.K., commemorating a local resident who financed the transportation...