There are around 30 ancient Egyptian obelisks around the world, but which is the biggest? The tallest standing one is the Lateran obelisk, reaching a huge 45.7 meters (150 feet) tall into the sky in ...

See the massive 1200-ton unfinished obelisk at Aswan and wonder why it was suddenly abandoned#aswan#obelisk#unfinished Trump vows 'big retaliation' as 'sell America' list grows What are ‘exploding ...

Cleopatra’s Needle being transported from the Hudson in 1880 (all photographs of the exhibition by the author for Hyperallergic) When Cleopatra’s Needle was commissioned by Pharaoh Thutmose III around ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rome has more Egyptian obelisks than any city in Egypt, including one at Piazza del Popolo - Alexander Spatari/Getty Most would be ...

An obelisk was typically raised to celebrate a pharaoh's 30-year jubilee, and inscriptions were carved in hieroglyphics on the shaft faces praising the glory of the pharaoh and recounting the history ...