The original obelisks were tall stone pillars found outside Egyptian temples. Today, these graceful, tapering structures can ...

For of the 21 ancient obelisks still standing, Egypt itself can claim fewer than five. Rome boasts 13, all snatched from the Land of the Pharaohs in Roman times, and the rest are spread from ...

The remains of Heliopolis—including its only remaining obelisk—are surrounded by the Cairo neighborhood of Matariya. For more than two millennia, Heliopolis was the center of Egyptian religion.( ...

In 1995, a NOVA team dared to demonstrate firsthand what has mystified historians for millennia: how to raise an obelisk using only ... The late Aly el Gasab, one of Egypt's foremost specialists ...