Obelisks and empires of the mind.(role of obelisks in Rome and other empires) American Scholar | January 1, 2002| | COPYRIGHT 2002 Phi Beta Kappa Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Between spring and fall 1586, the blase inhabitants of Rome were dazzled by the greatest media event--and one of the greatest technological feats--of the sixteenth century. Sixtus V, a terrifying pope who rerouted the city's streets, restored its public water supply, and even tried to expel its notorious courtesans, began his pontificate with the most daring of all his projects. He set out to move the great Egyptian obelisk that had stood for centuries by the old basilica of St. Peter's to the piazza in front of the new church. No one expected the project to be simple: in ...

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