Obelisk

Obelisk

An obelisk (English: /ˈɒbɪsk/; from ; diminutive of obelos, "spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, foursided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by Ancient Egyptians and called ''tekhenu'', the Greeks used the Greek term to describe them, and this word passed into Latin and ultimately English. Though William Thomas used the term correctly in his Historie of Italie of 1549, by the late sixteenth century (after reduced …
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