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Author: Baldouin Bee

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My old friend, de gli obelischi di Roma by Michele Mercati is an in depth treatment of the Egyptian Obelisks in Rome. So to begin with I set the topic of conversation to obelisk and started the conversation with Alice by also typing obelisk. Up came some reasonably interesting results which made me aware of…

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The book title de gli obelischi di Roma can be translated as “On the Obelisks of Rome”. The book appears to be an in-depth survey of Egyptian obelisks and their presence in Rome. In Pharaonic Egypt, obelisks were placed in front of temples. They were considered solar symbols. Michele Mercati (1541 – 1593) the author…

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