- An
obelisk (/ˈɒbəlɪsk/; from
Ancient Gr****: ὀβελίσκος obeliskos;
diminutive of ὀβελός obelos, "spit, nail,
pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow...
- 076889°N 32.895450°E / 24.076889; 32.895450 The
unfinished obelisk is the
largest known ancient obelisk [citation needed] and is
located in the
northern region...
- Look up
obelisk in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
obelisk is a tall, four-sided monument.
Obelisk may also
refer to:
Obelisk Beach, a
beach in New...
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Obelisks had a
prominent role in the
architecture and
religion of
ancient Egypt. This list
contains all
known remaining ancient Egyptian obelisks. The...
- The
Vatican Obelisk is an
Egyptian obelisk, one of the
thirteen ancient obelisks of Rome,
located in St. Peter's Square, in
Vatican City. It is the only...
- The
Obelisk of Axum (Tigrinya: ሓወልቲ ኣኽሱም, romanized: ḥawelti Akhsum; Amharic: የአክሱም ሐውልት, romanized: Ye’Åksum ḥāwelt) is a 4th-century CE, 24-metre (79 ft)...
- An
obelisk is a "viroid-like element" of a type
first described in a
January 2024 preprint,
whose authors say that "
Obelisks form
their own
distinct phylogenetic...
- The
Obelisk of
Theodosius (Gr****: Οβελίσκος του Θεοδόσιου Α΄, Turkish: Dikilitaş) is the
Ancient Egyptian obelisk of
Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC)...
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harbours thirteen ancient obelisks, the most in the world.
There are
eight ancient Egyptian and five
ancient Roman obelisks in Rome,
together with a number...
- the
first Pope. At the
centre of the
square is the
Vatican obelisk, an
ancient Egyptian obelisk erected at the
current site in 1586. Gian
Lorenzo Bernini...
