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Author Lebas, Apollinaire, 1797-1873, author.

Title The Luxor Obelisk and its voyage to Paris / Apollinaire Lebas ; introduced and translated by Bob Brier and Colette Fossez Sumner
Published Cairo; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2021
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Summary "Transporting the Luxor obelisk from Egypt to Paris was one of the great engineering triumphs of the early nineteenth century. No obelisk this size (two hundred and fifty tons) had left Egypt in nearly two thousand years, and the task of bringing it fell to a young engineer, Apollinaire Lebas, a man of extraordinary resolve and ability. His is a tale of adventure, excitement, and drama, but one hardly known to the English-speaking world. Lebas' team was struck by the plague; they ran out of wood; they had to wait four months for the Nile to rise to free their beached ship. But in the end, The Luxor, with its precious cargo on board, sailed down the Nile. On October 25, 1836 before two hundred thousand cheering Parisians, Lebas raised his obelisk. He was rewarded handsomely by his king, a medal with his name on it was struck, and his body lies in the famous Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris along with French luminaries. Now this first-ever translation of Lebas' account, including digitally enhanced copies of his beautiful drawings, makes his remarkable story available to a wide audience"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Obélisque de la Concorde (Paris, France)
Obelisks -- France -- Paris
Obelisks -- Egypt -- Luxor
HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt
Antiquities
Obelisks
Obélisque de la Concorde (Paris, France)
Travel
SUBJECT Luxor (Egypt) -- Antiquities
Egypt -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85041273
Subject Egypt
Egypt -- Luxor
France -- Paris
Form Electronic book
Author Brier, Bob, translator
Sumner, Colette Fossez, 1954- translator.
ISBN 9781649030283
1649030282
Other Titles Obélisque de Luxor. English