Albani Obelisk. A small obelisk of Roman workmanship, formerly in the Villa Albani near Rome, and at present preserved in the Glyptothek at Munich, Germany. On it and its companion in Naples, the Borgian Obelisk, we read the Roman names Tacitus (
Alexander the Great, or Alexander III. The son of Philip II., king of Macedon. He was born B. C. 356 and died B. C. 323, and was one of the greatest military conquerors the world has ever seen. His triumphant entry into Egypt took place in 332, when he was welcomed by the Egyptians as their liberator from the Persian yoke. He died while preparing for an expedition against Arabia. His name in Egyptian is [32] [91]
| suten-kaut? | Ȧmen-mer-sotep-en-Râ | sa Râ | Aleksāndres |
| The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, | "The beloved of Amen, the chosen of the Sun", | the Sun's offspring, | Alexander. |
| suten-kaut? | Ȧmen-mer-sotep-en-Râ |
| The king of Upper and Lower Egypt, | "The beloved of Amen, the chosen of the Sun", |
| sa Râ | Aleksāndres |
| the Sun's offspring, | Alexander. |
Alexandria. The modern name of Rhakôtis, founded by Alexander the Great in B. C. 332. Its main attractions were the tomb of Alexander, the palace of the Ptolemies, a museum, the temple of Serapis (a Græco-Egyptian deity, a combination of Osiris and the bull Apis), the world-famous Library, and the Pharos or light-house, which was 400 feet high and one of the seven wonders of the world. The city flourished until the Mohammedans gained possession of it A. D. 650. On December 22d of that year the Library was burned by Amru, the general of the caliph Omar. All antiquities in the city were then destroyed except the two obelisks and Pompey's Pillar, which have come down to us, the latter, however, being the only object of interest still in Alexandria. The city at present has nothing to attract the antiquarian as it is altogether too modern in appearance. [8] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [72] [73] [79] [81] [82] [91]
Alexandrian Obelisk. The former name of the obelisk at present in London. It was the prostrate one at Alexandria, which had been presented to the English as early as 1820, but was removed in 1877, arriving in London on January 20, 1878. The money for its removal, amounting to £10 000, was furnished by Prof. Erasmus Wilson, of London. [8] [10] [41] [81]