seen from Ireland
seen from United States
seen from Malaysia
seen from China
seen from Lithuania
seen from Serbia
seen from Ireland
seen from Guatemala
seen from China
seen from Germany
seen from Serbia
seen from Germany
seen from Saudi Arabia
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from United States
seen from Croatia
seen from United Kingdom
seen from United States
seen from China
The Ancient Egyptians were number 1 and the proof is in stone!𓉶
☀️⛰️☀️
Looked upon by Cleopatra and Queen Victoria 19 centuries apart, lost at sea, and dragged through Manhattan: The incredible tale of the obelisks of Paris, NYC, and London.
n the heart of Paris, just steps from the Grand Palais and the Louvre, there is a monument unique among the city’s countless statues and memorials. A stone shaft 75 feet tall, the Luxor Obelisk stands at the center of Place de la Concorde, its gold pyramidal cap catching the light on sunny days. Etched on all sides are rows of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs commemorating the great works of the pharaohs. It is singularly out of place.
A similar obelisk stands on the north bank of the Thames in London, this one worn smooth in places by centuries of violence, and pockmarked by shrapnel from a World War I bomb. Its twin can be found across the Atlantic Ocean, hidden atop a knoll behind the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York’s Central Park. In all three places, the obelisks are far older than the cities they stand in.
How did these obelisks come to be so far from home, out of place and context?
Each has borne witness to centuries of war and tumult. They have been toppled by earthquakes and burned by Persian armies. They have been shipped up the Nile, and lost in the sands of the Sahara. They were looked upon by Cleopatra and Queen Victoria 19 centuries apart. One was lost at sea. One was dragged through the streets of Manhattan.
The story of their removal from Egypt is a testament to the hubris of 19th-century European imperialism, tracing the arc of industrial and political advancement. It is a story of war and empire, of technological advancement and of cultural exchange. It is a story of art and architecture transcending time and place.
And it is a story which begins with Napoleon Bonaparte.
Continue reading
ALBUM REVIEW: The Allegorist – TEKHENU
https://music.mxdwn.com/2023/05/29/reviews/album-review-the-allegorist-tekhenu/
DID YOU KNOW? An obelisk is a stone rectangular pillar with a tapered top forming a pyramidion, set on a base, erected to commemorate an individual or event and honor the gods. The ancient Egyptians created the form at some point in the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150-c. 2613 BCE) following their work in mud brick mastaba tombs and prior to the construction of the Step Pyramid of Djoser (c. 2670 BCE). It is thought that the earliest obelisks served as a kind of training for working in stone on monumental projects which was a necessary step toward pyramid building. The name "obelisk" is Greek for "spit", as in a long pointed piece of wood generally used for cooking, because the Greek historian Herodotus was the first to write about them and so named them. The Egyptians called them tekhenu which means "to pierce" as in "to pierce the sky". The earliest obelisks no longer exist and are only known through later inscriptions but appear to have been only about ten feet (3 metres) tall. In time they would reach heights of over 100 feet (30 metres). Although many cultures around the world from the Assyrian to the Mesoamerican employed the obelisk form, only ancient Egypt worked in monolithic stone, almost always red granite. Each ancient Egyptian obelisk was carved from a single piece of stone which was then moved to its location and raised onto a base. While archaeologists and scholars understand how these monuments were carved and transported, no one knows how they were raised; modern day efforts to replicate the raising of an obelisk, using ancient Egyptian technology, have failed. #thelawsofnjustus #obelisk #tekhenu #monument #washingtonmonument #history #stolenvalor #truth #justice #merika #kilchekilla #keepitcosmic #freedomaintfree #thecosmiccommunity #ageofdisinformation #lovethyself #meditation #yoga #gphig #EvolveOrDissolve #ascension #justus #AUDITORYOASISPODCAST #POETIIICNJUSTUS (at Washington Monument) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdxxegJrdS4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
DID YOU KNOW? An obelisk is a stone rectangular pillar with a tapered top forming a pyramidion, set on a base, erected to commemorate an individual or event and honor the gods. The ancient Egyptians created the form at some point in the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150-c. 2613 BCE) following their work in mud brick mastaba tombs and prior to the construction of the Step Pyramid of Djoser (c. 2670 BCE). It is thought that the earliest obelisks served as a kind of training for working in stone on monumental projects which was a necessary step toward pyramid building. The name "obelisk" is Greek for "spit", as in a long pointed piece of wood generally used for cooking, because the Greek historian Herodotus was the first to write about them and so named them. The Egyptians called them tekhenu which means "to pierce" as in "to pierce the sky". The earliest obelisks no longer exist and are only known through later inscriptions but appear to have been only about ten feet (3 metres) tall. In time they would reach heights of over 100 feet (30 metres). Although many cultures around the world from the Assyrian to the Mesoamerican employed the obelisk form, only ancient Egypt worked in monolithic stone, almost always red granite. Each ancient Egyptian obelisk was carved from a single piece of stone which was then moved to its location and raised onto a base. While archaeologists and scholars understand how these monuments were carved and transported, no one knows how they were raised; modern day efforts to replicate the raising of an obelisk, using ancient Egyptian technology, have failed. #thelawsofnjustus #obelisk #tekhenu #monument #washingtonmonument #history #stolenvalor #truth #justice #merika #kilchekilla #keepitcosmic #freedomaintfree #thecosmiccommunity #ageofdisinformation #lovethyself #meditation #yoga #gphig #EvolveOrDissolve #ascension #justus #AUDITORYOASISPODCAST #POETIIICNJUSTUS (at Washington Monument) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdxxQeXrUdT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
An obelisk is a stone rectangular pillar with a tapered top forming a pyramidion, set on a base, erected to commemorate an individual or event and honor the gods. The ancient Egyptians created the form at some point in the Early Dynastic Period (c. 3150-c. 2613 BCE) following their work in mud brick mastaba tombs and prior to the construction of the Step Pyramid of Djoser (c. 2670 BCE). It is thought that the earliest obelisks served as a kind of training for working in stone on monumental projects which was a necessary step toward pyramid building. The name "obelisk" is Greek for "spit", as in a long pointed piece of wood generally used for cooking, because the Greek historian Herodotus was the first to write about them and so named them. The Egyptians called them tekhenu which means "to pierce" as in "to pierce the sky". The earliest obelisks no longer exist and are only known through later inscriptions but appear to have been only about ten feet (3 metres) tall. In time they would reach heights of over 100 feet (30 metres). Although many cultures around the world from the Assyrian to the Mesoamerican employed the obelisk form, only ancient Egypt worked in monolithic stone, almost always red granite. Each ancient Egyptian obelisk was carved from a single piece of stone which was then moved to its location and raised onto a base. While archaeologists and scholars understand how these monuments were carved and transported, no one knows how they were raised; modern day efforts to replicate the raising of an obelisk, using ancient Egyptian technology, have failed. #thelawsofnjustus #obelisk #tekhenu #monument #washingtonmonument #history #stolenvalor #truth #justice #merika #kilchekilla #keepitcosmic #freedomaintfree #thecosmiccommunity #ageofdisinformation #lovethyself #meditation #yoga #gphig #EvolveOrDissolve #ascension #justus #AUDITORYOASISPODCAST #POETIIICNJUSTUS (at Washington Monument) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdxxHkWLetX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
theBrilliance * : What are obelisks?
theBrilliance * : What are obelisks?
theBrilliance * is a fun and educative, discovery segment that focuses on single information such as definitions, meaning and classifications. The four-sided, tapered monuments were called tekhenu by the Ancient Egyptians, but we now know them as obelisks—taken from the Greek word obeliskos. Typically placed at the entrances of temples, they are the hallmark of Ancient Egyptian ingenuity and…
View On WordPress
