Bob Brier is Senior Research Fellow at Long Island University, USA, and is a world-famous Egyptologist. He is the author of The Murder of Tutankhamen, Ancient Egyptian Magic, Egyptian Mummies, and Secret of the Great Pyramid. He was host to TLC’s documentary series The Great Egyptians, The World of Pyramids, and Mummy Detective.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. How to Quarry an Obelisk2. Rome’s Obelisks 3. God’s Architect 4. Napoleon’s Obelisk 5. Cleopatra’s Needle Sails for London 6. The Oldest Skyscraper in New York 7. Postscript on the ObelisksNotes Bibliography Index

[A] well-researched and amiable account ... If you want to know how to quarry, carve and erect a huge block of granite, then Brier is your man. He meticulously reconstructs the steps taken by the Egyptian stonemasons ... turning then to document the later transportation of obelisks to foreign places.

Bob Brier is Senior Research Fellow at Long Island University, USA, and is a world-famous Egyptologist. He is the author of The Murder of Tutankhamen, Ancient Egyptian Magic, Egyptian Mummies, and Secret of the Great Pyramid. He was host to TLC’s documentary series The Great Egyptians, The World of Pyramids, and Mummy Detective.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. How to Quarry an Obelisk2. Rome’s Obelisks 3. God’s Architect 4. Napoleon’s Obelisk 5. Cleopatra’s Needle Sails for London 6. The Oldest Skyscraper in New York 7. Postscript on the ObelisksNotes Bibliography Index

[A] well-researched and amiable account ... If you want to know how to quarry, carve and erect a huge block of granite, then Brier is your man. He meticulously reconstructs the steps taken by the Egyptian stonemasons ... turning then to document the later transportation of obelisks to foreign places.

Bob Brier is Senior Research Fellow at Long Island University, USA, and is a world-famous Egyptologist. He is the author of The Murder of Tutankhamen, Ancient Egyptian Magic, Egyptian Mummies, and Secret of the Great Pyramid. He was host to TLC’s documentary series The Great Egyptians, The World of Pyramids, and Mummy Detective.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. How to Quarry an Obelisk2. Rome’s Obelisks 3. God’s Architect 4. Napoleon’s Obelisk 5. Cleopatra’s Needle Sails for London 6. The Oldest Skyscraper in New York 7. Postscript on the ObelisksNotes Bibliography Index

[A] well-researched and amiable account ... If you want to know how to quarry, carve and erect a huge block of granite, then Brier is your man. He meticulously reconstructs the steps taken by the Egyptian stonemasons ... turning then to document the later transportation of obelisks to foreign places.