In 1995, a NOVA team dared to demonstrate firsthand what has mystified historians for millennia: how to raise an obelisk using only materials and techniques the ancient Egyptians might have used.

French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, a professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the Catholic Institute of Paris, has discovered a series of hidden inscriptions on the obelisk ...

Under the supervision of the Department of Buildings and Grounds, work was begun on Monday to put the Chinese obelisk, located in the Yard between Widener and Boylston Hall, on a more permanent ...

Next, consider the object itself, an obelisk of a little more than 10,000 carats, shot through with radiant starbursts of astonishing intricacy and precision. Thus you have described the latest ...

As the demolition of the Soviet Army monument continues in Rīga, Uzvaras park, the dismantling of the central obelisk or pillar was launched and succesfully achieved on Thursday. . . . It took ...

Organized Stonehenge tours from London typically include round-trip transportation in an air-conditioned coach, as well as visits to other nearby landmarks, such as the Avebury stone circles and Bath.