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 ...

Numerous ancient Egyptian obelisks remain standing today, most notably at Luxor Temple and the Karnak Temple complex. Some of ...

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 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 ...

True obelisks are “monolithic,” or made from a single piece of stone, most often granite. Difficult to construct and serving no practical purpose, an obelisk in antiquity stood as a sacred ...