The Obelisks of Alexandria
المسلتان بالإسكندرية
Two square, tall stone obelisks, narrower at the top, bearing old inscriptions; al-Idrisi reports from informants that they were cut from a mountain and set up by a king. 1
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The Two Obelisks: two square stones standing upright along their length, the upper part narrower than the lower, with writing on them in an ancient script. al-Idrisi reports, on the authority of the people of the account, that they were hewn from mountain stone and set up by the order of a king. 2
Sources
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p. 321
- Al-Idrisi, Nuzhat al-Mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq (Cairo: Maktabat al-Thaqafa al-Diniyya, 2002), 2 vols., p.321
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