Art history doesn’t usually have much to offer in the way of practical, directly actionable lessons. But Sarah Parcak, a renowned professor of Egyptology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, ...

Almost 15 years ago, while designing and developing home furnishings for other national retailers and wholesalers, owner and principal designer Nathan Taylor realized he wanted to be closer to the end ...

A 12,000-year-old T-shaped obelisk from the early Neolithic era features a carving of a human face. Discovered in modern-day Turkey at the Karahantepe site, it could be the first-ever carved depiction ...

The obelisk in Central Park, also known as Cleopatra's Needle, was formally dedicated on February 22nd, 1881 after a long trip involving ships, cannonballs, and the sharp corners put in place by the ...

The obelisk in Buenos Aires has been illuminated with messages of recovery for its famous native son - Pope Francis, who is ill in a Rome hospital with pneumonia. The words "Francis, the city prays ...

The discovery of a 4,000-year-old pyramidion found near the excavation of the largest Old Kingdom obelisk fragment may be the first evidence of the existence of satellite pyramids for Queen ...

Cleopatra’s Needle being transported from the Hudson in 1880 (all photographs of the exhibition by the author for Hyperallergic) When Cleopatra’s Needle was commissioned by Pharaoh Thutmose III around ...

The granite Fancher obelisk stands 68 feet high and makes a dramatic impression near Highway 140 and Arboleda Drive in Merced. Marci Stenberg Merced Sun-Star file The largest tombstone in the state is ...