The Obelisks of Heliopolis
Feb 14, 2019
2 minutes
he mighty stone monuments of ancient Egypt known as obelisks, a word derived from the Greek meaning “skewer” or “spit,” were known in Egyptian as , which means “to pierce.” These monolithic, four-sided, pyramid-topped pillars rose high into the Egyptian sky, symbols of the sun god, Ra, and
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