Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Luxor Obelisk [in Paris]
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Accession Number:
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183550
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module SIX--6,074 images
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Type of View:
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generalView
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View Title:
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Detail, pedestal decorated with diagrams showing the engineering required to move and raise the obelisk in Paris
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Date of View:
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4/19/2009
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module SIX
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Culture:
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Egyptian (ancient)
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Subject:
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Ramses II, King of Egypt
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Subject:
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Egypt--Civilization
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Work Types:
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Architecture; public works; monuments ; obelisks (monumental pillars)
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Related Work Title:
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Place de la Concorde; partOf
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Preferred Title:
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Luxor Obelisk [in Paris]
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Agent Display:
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unknown (Egyptian (ancient))
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Date:
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reinstalled 1836 (alteration)
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Materials:
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red granite; gold cap and inlay on base
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Measurement:
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75 ft (height, with base)
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Alternate Title:
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Ob¿lisque de Louxor
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Locations:
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Luxor [Al Uqsur], Upper Egypt, Egypt
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Location Type:
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(formerSite)
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Locations:
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Paris, ¿le-de-France, France
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Nineteenth Dynasty
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Style/Period:
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Egyptian (ancient)
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Style/Period:
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New Kingdom (Egyptian)
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Classification:
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Architecture
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