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"Mission accomplished: Aksum Obelisk successfully reinstalled ... In 1937, a 24-meter tall, 1700-year-old obelisk standing in Axum was ...

[[image:black-obelisk.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser ... Layard started his excavations at Nimrud in 1845. The famous Black ...

Black Hole as a warehouse. They erected an obelisk, 50 feet (15 meters) high ... previously. In 1901, Curzon placed the obelisk at the corner of Dalhousie ...

the Bible, Jehu is depicted on the Black Obelisk of Shalmanezzer III as prostrating ... biblical mention of Jehu, the the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, depicts ...

The Washington Monument is a large white-colored obelisk at the west end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It is a United States Presidential ...

center of the colonnade is a 83.6-foot-tall obelisk. Domenico Fontana finished moving the obelisk to its present location on September 28, 1586 by order ...

Like most Thutmosids he built on a large scale. He completed an obelisk started by Thutmose III, which at 32m (105 ft.) was the tallest ever ...

to the victor, on the marble base of the Obelisk of Thutmosis III at the ... the raising in 390 C.E. of the Egyptian obelisk from Karnak. As Imperial ...

A white obelisk stands near the former site of Long Ya Men marking the original Western Harbour boundary. That obelisk still stands at Tanjong ...

[[Image:Vatican Piazza San Pietro Obelisk.jpg|thumb|400px|The Vatican ... The Vatican obelisk was originally taken by Caligula from Heliopolis ...

[[Image:Karnak-obelisk-thoutmesI.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Court of the 4th pylon: obelisk of Thutmose I at Karnak]] Thutmose I organized great building ...

VII decided that he wanted an ancient Egyptian obelisk to be erected in the piazza and commissioned Bernini to create a sculpture to support the ...

the most famous of which is the Obelisk of Axum. [[Image:Stela aksum.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Aksum obelisk, symbol of ...

standing tombs. Slightly further stands the Obelisk Tomb, which once stood 7|m|sp=US high. Nearer the Siq are rock-cut channels which once contained ...

on his tombstone, which was in the shape of an obelisk. Below his name, Jefferson listed what he considered to be his three major accomplishments. Of ...

on erecting his tekhen waty, ("unique obelisk.") The tekhen waty ... It was later moved to Rome and is known as the Lateran Obelisk. ...

In 1966 the State of Pennsylvania erected an obelisk, on which is etched: "Chief of the Seneca Tribe, and a principal Chief of the Six Nations ...

Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site containing ruins and artifacts originally constructed in the Peruvian Andes by the pre-Incan Chavín ...

" "Arthur Snatchfold," "The Obelisk," "What Does It Matter? A Morality," "The Classical Annex," "The ...

banging pots massed around the obelisk in the capital and in front of the presidential palace. Protests extended across the country. In Buenos ...

relation with the so-called 'Obelisk' in the Avebury complex. It can be seen, however, only after the crops in the intervening field ...

in Sub-Saharan Africa. In April 2005, the Axum obelisk, one of Ethiopia's religious and historical treasures, was returned to Ethiopia by Italy ...

the inscribed type, and the Assyrian Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III a large ... from Sua, king of Gilzanu, The Black Obelisk..JPG|The Black Obelisk of ...

a circular dome that is topped by a central obelisk with descending neon block letters spelling "Hollywood" on each of its four sides ...

capital of Axum. The invading Italians looted the Obelisk of Axum after capturing the city. On October 7, the League of Nations declared Italy ...

Martius, with the Ara Pacis sundial using an obelisk of Rome, the Temple of Caesar, the Forum of Augustus with its Temple of Mars Ultor, and also other ...

by balbals, and topped with kurgan obelisk Image:AlexandropolKurganBeforeExcavation1852-6.gif|Scythian royal Alexandropol (Gümri in Armenia) ...

[[Image:Huguenot obelisk.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Obelisk erected by Huguenot refugees in Fredericia, Denmark]] Huguenots refugees found a safe haven ...

by a plaque fixed on the sighting obelisk on Pole Hill. He continued serving in the RAF, specializing in high-speed boats and professing happiness ...

with the lifting of the Lateranense obelisk in the Circus Maximus (c. 357 C.E.). The maximum lifting capability of a single capstan can be established ...

* Reich, Peter. A Book Of Dreams, Dutton Obelisk, 1989. ISBN 978-0525484158 * Sharaf, Myron. Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich, Da Capo ...

on the old tree) but is still crowned by an obelisk. * Rangitoto Island - guards the entrance to Waitemata Harbour, and forms a prominent feature ...

in Rome of an elephant carrying an obelisk, Michael Taylor in Dawn Ades (ed.), Dalí (Milan: Bompiani, 2004), p. 342 are portrayed "with ...

visits [[Bunker Hill Monument|Bunker Hill]] (obelisk visible background left) in 1903.|alt=The Liberty Bell on a wagon, a number of people, including ...

by modern Ark apologists are the giant obelisk barge of Hatshepsut (206-311 ft), the Thalamegos (377 ft), Caligula's Giant Ship (341 ft ...

grave lies to the right of the white granite obelisk of William Seward Burroughs I (1857-1898). ===After his death=== Since 1997, several postumous ...

as prostrating himself, on the Black Obelisk. *Athaliah (2 Kings 11:1-20)—Jehu's coup has ironically left one descendant of Ahab alive ...

site of the infamous guillotine. The Egyptian obelisk is Paris's "oldest monument." On the two sides of the Rue Royale, stand two identical ...

of the Siege". The Hero-City Obelisk bearing the Gold Star sign was installed in April 1985. === Post-war Soviet era (1945–1991) === ...