Obelisks represent some of the ancient Egyptian's greatest achievements in stone cutting and handling. They usually consisted of stone, sometimes weighing hundreds of tons, in an elongated, tapering four sided shaft that was then polished, inscribed and surmounted by a sharply pointed pyramidion. Obelisks have been very popular since the time of the ancient pharaohs. Today only a few standing obelisks remain in all of Egypt.

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