2. Once the obelisk began to pivot over the edge, three braking ropes attached to the monument's tip were pulled taut to control the fall. Were the ropes to fail, the granite obelisk would ...

Ramses II also erected the 79-foot-tall pylon and a pair of pink granite obelisks. Only one obelisk remains; the French removed the other, which now stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

as part of a major project with conservation architects Purcell to repair the neo-Classical granite obelisk. Standing tall at the top of Monument Drive in the heart of the 2,000 hectare (5,000 ...

A granite obelisk rises 38.5 feet above the dark green woods of Sharon, a small town on the White River in Vermont. Each foot ...

As so often happens at the annual graveside service in Forest Lawn Cemetery, the frigid temperature was tempered by sunlight glinting on the granite obelisk honoring Fillmore and his family, bringing ...

The renovation included cleaning the granite obelisk's main inscription and regilding it in gold leaf, outlined with black enamel. Other inscriptions were also cleaned and repainted in black by ...

The Guernsey granite obelisk stood tall at 99 feet high. On 7th December 1943, German Forces destroyed the Memorial to allow clear sight lines out to sea. The heavy bronze plaques were moved to ...

The dramatic 45,000-pound, 20-foot granite obelisk listing the University's Philanthropists anchors Honor Court to the south. A series of impressive pillars, carved from 200,000 pounds of white ...

It was acquired and restored by Aberdeen City Council in 1997 as part of the Scottish Trade Union Congress in commemoration of Workers Memorial Day. A granite obelisk was erected in 1998 as a ...

A researcher says the Robe obelisk could fall into the sea in five to 25 years' time. A committee recommends creating a replica of it before the cape it is on collapses. Rising sea levels ...