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• Obelisk — For other uses, see Obelisk (disambiguation). One of the two Luxor obelisks in the Place de la Concorde in Paris An obelisk (from Greek ὀβελίσκος obeliskos,[1] diminutive of …   Wikipedia

• Obelisk of Theodosius — The obelisk of Theodosius I in Istanbul. The Obelisk of Theodosius (Turkish: Dikilitaş) is the Ancient Egyptian obelisk of Pharaoh Tutmoses III re erected in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (known today a …   Wikipedia

• Obelisk of Axum — The Obelisk of Axum in the Tigray Region in 2009. The Obelisk of Axum (today, especially in Axum, also called the Rome Stele) is a 1,700 year old, 24 metres (78 foot) tall granite stele/obelisk, weighing 160 tonnes, in the city of Axum in… …   Wikipedia

• obelisk — obeliscal, adj. obeliskoid, adj. /ob euh lisk/, n. 1. a tapering, four sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex. 2. something resembling such a shaft. 3. an obelus. 4. Print. dagger (def. 2). [1540 50; < L obeliscus …   Universalium

• Who put Bella in the Wych Elm? — WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WITCH ELM is a 1970 s graffito that comments on a 1943 murder that, as of 2008, remains unsolved. The graffiti was last sprayed on to the side of the 200 year old obelisk on the 18th August 1999, in white paint. The obelisk… …   Wikipedia

• Wychbury Obelisk — The Wychbury Obelisk (also known as the Hagley Obelisk and locally as Wychbury Monument) stands on Wychbury Hill, Hagley near Stourbridge, in Worcestershire, England.The obelisk was built in 1758 by Lord Lyttelton, the owner of the nearby Hagley… …   Wikipedia

• Thutmose III — Tuthmosis III, Manahpi(r)ya in the Amarna letters Thutmosis III statue in Luxor Museum Pharaoh of Egyp …   Wikipedia

• List of Yu-Gi-Oh! GX characters — This is the list of characters in the 2004 2008 anime series Yu Gi Oh! GX. Where appropriate, English names are on the left while the original Japanese names are on the right. Contents 1 Protagonists 2 Antagonist groups 3 Minor Characters …   Wikipedia

• Washington Monument — Infobox protected area name =Washington Monument iucn category = III caption = location = Washington, D.C., United States nearest city = lat degrees = 38 lat minutes = 53 lat seconds = 22 lat direction = N long degrees = 77 long minutes = 02 long …   Wikipedia

• Cleopatra's Needle — Cleopatra s Needle, Central Park, New York Cleopatra s Needle is the popular name for each of three Ancient Egyptian obelisks re erected in London, Paris, and New York City during the nineteenth century. The London and New York ones are a pair,… …   Wikipedia

• St. Peter's Basilica — Papal Basilica of Saint Peter Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano (Italian) Basilica Sancti Petri (Latin) …   Wikipedia