Pyramids, obelisks and more cross the Nile to give New Orleans some Egyptian architectural flavor. ... a 142-foot obelisk — an Egyptian invention — at Chalmette Battlefield.

The pyramids, the obelisks, the temples, the statues, and they were able to do these very big things because they had easy access to hard and soft stones, limestone, granite, ...

NOVA: How will this year's attempt to raise the obelisk be different from the one in 1994? LEHNER: I think we have some really good people this year. I think Owain Roberts is enormously insightful.

The obelisk is inscribed with the title and name of Queen Ankhnespepy II, suggesting it stood before the queen's pyramid. Related: Ancient obelisk fragment uncovered in Egypt is largest ever.

Egyptian obelisks are tall, narrow monuments with four sides that taper into a pyramid at the top. They were built by pharaohs between about 2,600 and 4,000 years ago. Throughout the years after the ...

History: A research team from Caltech uses a kite to lift a 3 1/2-ton obelisk. But other scholars scoff at the notion that the ancients did the same.

Hidden messages found on 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk in Paris "Pyramids are tombs," he said. "That's what they are. That's why they were built." [6 Politicians Who Got the Science Wrong] ...

The sun shone and temperatures soared at Builth Wells’ annual carnival on Saturday and the town’s residents turned out in ...

Obelisks over Karnak Two of three obelisks at the Temple of Amun at Karnak Temple Complex tower behind the Great Hypostyle Hall. The obelisk of Thutmose I (r. circa 1504-1493 B.C.) is on the right ...

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It’s not where you’d expect to find pyramids, obelisks, or echoes of ancient civilizations — but tucked within San Diego are surprising nods to Egypt’s grandeur. We set out to uncover the ...