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Show Egyptian Obelisks Between 2,000 and 4,000 years ago, more than 50 large obelisks were erected in Egypt to preserve, for all time, through their hieroglyphs, hiero-glyphs, the achievements of the Pharaohs. Yet today, only 19 of these monolithic monuments are still standing and only five are in Egypt. New York has one, London one, Paris one, Istanbul two, and Italy nine, including the largest known, which is 106 feet high, weighs 455 tons and stands in the piazza of St. John Lateran in Rome. |