Written as the obelisk was about to take its place on the London embankment, this account traces it from the quarries of Syene down the Nile to Heliopolis, where it stood for about sixteen centuries, and on to Alexandria. Wilson, who paid for its transport, adds chapters on Egyptian temples and modern life along the Nile.
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