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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Pyramid, Temple, Nuraghe, Four-poster, Dolmen, Intaglio, Mastaba, Cairn, Obelisk, Fogou, Hill fort, Stupa, Henge, Hill figure, Inukshuk, Milestone, Stone circle, Midden, Castros in Spain, Long barrow, Fulacht fiadh, Denehole, Souterrain, Causewayed enclosure, Disc barrow, Cursus, Oval barrow, Mercat cross, Stone row, Bowl barrow, Platform mound, Parting stone, Bank barrow, Round barrow, Pit alignments, Timber circle, Recumbent stone circle, Neolithic long house, Memorial gates and arches, Cliff-dwelling, Tell, Boundary marker, Statue menhir, Itford Hill Style Settlements, Bell barrow, Concentric stone circle, Pond barrow, Avenue, Grubenhaus, Rondel enclosure, Hypaethral, Cove, Rostral column, Enclosed oppidum, Toumba, Ring ditch, Tor enclosure, Causewayed ring ditch. Excerpt: An obelisk (from Greek - obeliskos, diminutive of - obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall four-sided narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top, said to resemble a "petrified ray" of the sundisk. A pair of obelisks usually stood in front of a pylon. Ancient obelisks were often monolithic, whereas most modern obelisks are made of several stones and can have interior spaces. The term stele (plural: stelae) is generally used for other monumental standing inscribed sculpted stones. Pylon of the Temple of Luxor with the remaining Obelisc (of two) in front (the second is in the Place de la Concorde in Paris). Obelisk of Pharaoh Senusret I, Al-Masalla area of Al-Matariyyah district in Heliopolis, CairoObelisks were prominent in the architecture of the ancient Egyptians, who placed them in pairs at the entrance of temples. The word "obelisk" as used in English today is of Greek rather than Egyptian origin because Herodotus, the Greek traveller, was one of the first classical writers to describe the...
