Search results for "Obelisk" - New World Encyclopedia
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- "Mission accomplished: Aksum Obelisk successfully reinstalled ... In 1937, a 24-meter tall, 1700-year-old obelisk standing in Axum was ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- [[image:black-obelisk.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser ... Layard started his excavations at Nimrud in 1845. The famous Black ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- 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 ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 14:24, 8 February 2022
- 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 ...15 KB (2,424 words) - 04:42, 31 July 2022
- 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 ...23 KB (3,484 words) - 23:12, 3 May 2023
- 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 ...25 KB (3,946 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2022
- 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 ...7 KB (1,124 words) - 02:51, 4 November 2022
- 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 ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- A white obelisk stands near the former site of Long Ya Men marking the original Western Harbour boundary. That obelisk still stands at Tanjong ...15 KB (2,283 words) - 06:35, 1 April 2024
- [[Image:Vatican Piazza San Pietro Obelisk.jpg|thumb|400px|The Vatican ... The Vatican obelisk was originally taken by Caligula from Heliopolis ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- [[Image:Karnak-obelisk-thoutmesI.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Court of the 4th pylon: obelisk of Thutmose I at Karnak]] Thutmose I organized great building ...23 KB (3,474 words) - 17:25, 18 April 2023
- 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 ...23 KB (3,452 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- the most famous of which is the Obelisk of Axum. [[Image:Stela aksum.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Aksum obelisk, symbol of ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- 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 ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- 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 ...14 KB (2,117 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- on erecting his tekhen waty, ("unique obelisk.") The tekhen waty ... It was later moved to Rome and is known as the Lateran Obelisk. ...45 KB (7,145 words) - 14:03, 14 January 2024
- 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 ...15 KB (2,354 words) - 19:04, 14 January 2023
- Chavín de Huántar is an archaeological site containing ruins and artifacts originally constructed in the Peruvian Andes by the pre-Incan Chavín ...15 KB (2,387 words) - 00:46, 5 December 2023
- " "Arthur Snatchfold," "The Obelisk," "What Does It Matter? A Morality," "The Classical Annex," "The ...15 KB (2,168 words) - 17:30, 12 February 2024
- banging pots massed around the obelisk in the capital and in front of the presidential palace. Protests extended across the country. In Buenos ...19 KB (2,824 words) - 06:25, 11 January 2024
