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Obelisks were prominent in the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, and played a vital role in their religion placing them in pairs at the entrance of the temples.The word "obelisk" as used in English today is of Greek rather than Egyptian origin because Herodotus, the Greek traveler, was one of the first classical writers to describe the objects.
The unfinished obelisk is the largest known ancient obelisk [citation needed] and is located in the northern region of the stone quarries of ancient Egypt in Aswan, Egypt. It was studied in detail by Reginald Engelbach in 1922. [1] The unfinished obelisk in its quarry at Aswan, 1990
The obelisk was constructed on top of a 14-foot (4.3 m) square pedestal base. [42] The pedestal was 9 feet (2.7 m) tall and had chamfered corners. [ 42 ] On each of the pedestal's four sides, there was a polished panel that was 4 feet 4 inches by 9 feet 0 inches (1.32 by 2.74 m), weighing nearly 8,000 pounds (3,600 kg). [ 42 ]
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal commemorative obelisk; Clarksville Confederate Monument; Cleopatra's Needle (New York City) Colonel Robert A. Smith Monument; Columbus Obelisk; Confederate Memorial in Mayfield; Confederate Memorial (Romney, West Virginia) Confederate Monument (Jackson, Mississippi) Confederate Monument (Portsmouth, Virginia)
The text on the base of the monument read as follows: South Face: "Erected by the men and women and children of Dekalb County, to the memory of the soldiers and sailors of the Confederacy, of whose virtues in peace and in war we are witnesses, to the end that justice may be done and that the truth perish not."
The obelisk was of standard design from Edgar Warne & Company marble works, St. Louis, the contractor for the monument material. [27] [28] [29] In the spring of 1868, the five marble components of the obelisk – four tapered shaft segments and a pyramidal capstone – were placed atop the plinth's tiered stone cap. [30]
Texas law enforcement issued a word of warning to Ford truck owners after they arrested a trio of thieves who targeted the high-end truck model by stealing taillights.
Lansdowne Monument. The Lansdowne Monument, also known as the Cherhill Monument, near Cherhill in Wiltshire, England, is a 38-metre [1] (125 foot) stone obelisk erected in 1845 by the 3rd Marquis of Lansdowne to the designs of Sir Charles Barry to commemorate his ancestor, Sir William Petty (1623–1687).