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begin, the obelisk was lying on a gravel and stone ramp. A pit in the middle was filled with dry sand. Previous experiments showed that wet sand would not flow as well. The ramp was secured by stone walls. Men raised the obelisk by slowly removing the sand while three crews of men pulled on ropes to control its descent into the pit. The back wall was designed to guide the obelisk into its proper place. The obelisk had to catch a turning groove which would prevent it from sliding. They used brake ropes to prevent it from going too far. Such turning grooves had been found on the ancient pedestals. Gravity did most of the work until the final 15° had to be completed by pulling the obelisk forward. They used brake ropes again to make sure it did not fall forward. On 12 September they completed the project.
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they were able to erect one successfully. First Hopkins and Rais Abdel Aleem organized an experiment to tow a block of stone weighing about 25 tons. They prepared a path by embedding wooden rails into the ground and placing a sledge on them bearing a megalith weighing about 25 tons. Initially they used more than 100 people to try to tow it but were unable to budge it. Finally, with well over 130 people pulling at once and an additional dozen using levers to prod the sledge forward, they moved it. Over the course of a day, the workers towed it 10–20 feet. Despite problems with broken ropes, they proved the monument could be moved this way. Additional experiments were done in Egypt and other locations to tow megalithic stone with ancient technologies, some of which are
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metres (10 ft) long and no more than 5 metric tons (5.5 short tons). A barge big enough to transport the largest Egyptian obelisks with this ratio would have had to be close to 61-metre-long (200 ft) and 30-metre-wide (100 ft). The workers used ropes that were wrapped around a guide that enabled them to pull away from the river while they were towing it onto the barge. The barge was successfully launched into the Nile.
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in which one scribe taunts another to erect a monument for "thy lord". The scroll reads "Empty the space that has been filled with sand beneath the monument of thy Lord." To erect the obelisks at Luxor with this method would have involved using over a million cubic meters of stone, mud brick and sand
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One experiment was to transport a small obelisk on a barge in the Nile River. The barge was built based on ancient Egyptian designs. It had to be very wide to handle the obelisk, with a 2 to 1 ratio length to width, and it was at least twice as long as the obelisk. The obelisk was about 3.0
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in the Basilica's construction, presented the Pope with a little model crane of wood and a heavy little obelisk of lead, which Sixtus himself was able to raise by turning a little winch with his finger. Fontana was given the project. Half-buried in the debris of the ages, it was first excavated as it
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crew to erect a 25-ton obelisk. This was the third attempt to erect a 25-ton obelisk; the first two, in 1994 and 1999, ended in failure. There were also two successful attempts to raise a 2-ton obelisk and a 9-ton obelisk. Finally in August–September 1999, after learning from their experiences,
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the Israelite, and Sua the Gilzanean, making gestures of submission to the king. The reliefs on the obelisk have accompanying epigraphs, but besides these the obelisk also possesses a longer inscription that records one of the latest versions of Shalmaneser III's annals, covering the period from his
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The final and successful erection event was organized by Rick Brown, Hopkins, Lehner and Gregg Mullen in a Massachusetts quarry. The preparation work was done with modern technology, but experiments have proven that with enough time and people, it could have been done with ancient technology. To
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refers to the obelisk's transportation from Egypt to Rome by order of the Emperor Gaius (Caligula) as an outstanding event. The barge that carried it had a huge mast of fir wood which four men's arms could not encircle. One hundred and twenty bushels of lentils were needed for ballast. Having
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to haul them out. There are now more than twice as many obelisks that were seized and shipped out by Rome as remain in Egypt. The majority were dismantled during the Roman period over 1,700 years ago and the obelisks were sent to different locations.
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The Ancient Romans populated their city with 8 large and 42 small Egyptian obelisks. More have been re-erected elsewhere, and the best-known examples outside Rome are the pair of 21-metre (69 ft) 187-metric-ton (206-short-ton)
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stood; then it took from 30 April to 17 May 1586 to move it on rollers to the Piazza: it required nearly 1000 men, 140 carthorses, and 47 cranes. The re-erection, scheduled for 14 September, the Feast of the
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of 1549, by the late sixteenth century (after reduced contact with Italy following the excommunication of Queen Elizabeth), Shakespeare failed to distinguish between pyramids and obelisks in his plays and sonnets. Ancient obelisks are
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for both the ramp and the platform used to lower the obelisk. The largest obelisk successfully erected in ancient times weighed 455 metric tons (502 short tons). A 520-metric-ton (570-short-ton) stele was found in
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Strong-bull, Appearing-in-Dominion (Thebes), King-of-Upper-and-Lower-Egypt, Two-ladies, Ruler-of-Egypt, Son-of-Rê, Pi(ankh)y: what he made as his monument for his father Amen-Rê, lord of
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fulfilled its purpose, the gigantic vessel was no longer wanted. Therefore, filled with stones and cement, it was sunk to form the foundations of the foremost quay of the new harbour at
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was determined to erect the obelisk in front of St Peter's, of which the nave was yet to be built. He had a full-sized wooden mock-up erected within months of his election.
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This experiment has been used to explain how the obelisks may have been erected in Luxor and other locations. It seems to have been supported by a 3,000 year-old
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Egyptian obelisks remain a source of fascination, serving as a reminder of past glories and a symbol of state power. A majority of modern obelisks are built of
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and was found at the site of Kadakol. It had been cut down to make it into a column, presumably for one of the early Christian churches in the area of
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Fontes historiae Nubiorum: Textual Sources for the History of the Middle Nile region between the eighth century BC and the sixth century AD
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sought to legitimize their rule over Egypt by constructing Egyptianizing monuments in the Middle Nile region. Historical sources mention that king
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has been reconstructed in the British Museum. The obelisk is the oldest recorded obelisk from Assyria, dating to the 11th century BCE.
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and grave markers, were very often given a form of obelisks, but they are of more modest size. The practice is also still widespread in the
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came to build the Basilica's nave, he had to put the slightest kink in its axis, to line it precisely with the obelisk.
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which had decorated the temple of Isis, where it was uncovered in the 16th century. The Medici claimed it for the
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civilization, where they were erected as public monuments that commemorated the achievements of the Assyrian king.
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in Rome at 105.6 feet (32.2 m) tall and a weight of 455 metric tons (502 short tons). More well known is the
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Chaney, Edward, "Roma Britannica and the Cultural Memory of Egypt: Lord Arundel and the Obelisk of Domitian", in
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and obelisk's significance have been previously overlooked, especially the astronomical phenomena connected with
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Obelisk of Psametik II from Heliopolis, removed and reerected by Augustus in the northern Campus Martius, Rome
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raised in the year 1800 as a memorial to the service and dedication of the Stockholm burghers during the
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and the reliefs depict scenes of tribute bearing as well as the depiction of two subdued rulers,
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Della Trasportatione dell'Obelisco Vaticano et delle Fabriche di Nostro Signore Papa Sisto V
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The Broken Obelisk, that was also discovered by Rassam at Nineveh. Only the top of this
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Tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top
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and obelisk were derived from natural phenomena associated with the sun (the sun-god
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a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usu. monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
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The Romans commissioned obelisks in an ancient Egyptian style. Examples include:
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and consist of a single stone; most modern obelisks are made of several stones.
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Roma Britannica: Art Patronage and Cultural Exchange in Eighteenth-Century Rome
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Time Life Lost Civilizations series: Ramses II: Magnificence on the Nile
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column, 23 metres (75 feet) high, including the base, which weighs over 250
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Porphyrogenitus (905–959) and originally covered with gilded bronze plaques
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Around 30 BCE, Rome seized control of Egypt and looted the various
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obelisk still in its original position is the 68-foot (20.7 m) 120-
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Curran, Brian A., Anthony Grafton, Pamela O. Long, and Benjamin Weiss.
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In France and other European countries, monuments to the dead, such as
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Not all the Egyptian obelisks in the Roman Empire were set up at Rome:
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in 37 CE, it has stood at its current site and on the wall of the
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as late as the nineteenth century when three of them were sent to
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Three more obelisks were erected in Rome under Sixtus V: at
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Aegyptiaca. Journal of the History of Reception of Ancient Egypt
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had two Karnak Temple obelisks removed and transported down the
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to the centre of the capital is lined with obelisks serving as
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Obelisken transportieren und aufrichten in Aegypten und in Rom
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in 1846 on the citadel of Kalhu. The obelisk was erected by
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List of pre-Columbian engineering projects in the Americas
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built at least one obelisk. The obelisk was made of local
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placed an obelisk in the background of his 1655 painting
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The largest standing and tallest Egyptian obelisk is the
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Blackwell Gary, Patricia; Talcott, Richard (June 2006).
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25 metres (82 ft), 331-metric-ton (365-short-ton)
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being the Egyptians' greatest deity at that time). The
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depicting how he erected the Vatican obelisk in 1586.
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senior editor Richard Talcott that the shapes of the
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was the mound that arose from the primordial waters
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Rome lost one of its obelisks, the 415:in front (the second is today on the 330:settled in the creation story of the 306:, the obelisk symbolized the sun god 7: 2076:"Pyramids and obelisks beyond Egypt" 2017:"Pyramids and Obelisks beyond Egypt" 1406:struggle for Indonesian independence 1258:The Brothers Broglie Obelisk at the 1075:(now Sultan Ahmet Square), built by 936:. The obelisk was erected by either 1843:. Oxford University Press. p.  886:Obelisks were being shipped out of 759:, and left a replica in its place. 747:, but in 1790 they moved it to the 2607:. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2009. 921:possesses four Assyrian obelisks: 539:Museum of Fine Arts expedition to 25: 2673:(series of articles in Platner's 613:. Brought to Rome by the Emperor 2731:Types of monuments and memorials 1989:. pp. 62–67. 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Index

Obelisks
Obelisk (disambiguation)
Stele

Luxor Obelisks
Place de la Concorde
Paris
monolithic
metric tons
short tons

Lateran Obelisk
Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano
Rome
monolithic
/ˈɒbəlɪsk/
Ancient Greek
ὀβελίσκος
diminutive
ὀβελός
spit
monument
pyramidal
pyramidion
Ancient Egyptians
tekhenu
Greeks
Latin
English
monolithic

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