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The unfinished obelisk in its quarry at Aswan, 1990. The obelisk and wider quarry were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979 along with other examples of Upper Egyptian architecture, as part of the "Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae" (despite the quarry site being neither Nubian, nor between Abu Simbel and Philae). [2]
In 1987, the hill was levelled to the ground, and in the 1990s an obelisk was added with a statue of Nike, and a monument of Saint George slaying the dragon, both of which were designed by Zurab Tsereteli. The obelisk's height is exactly 141.8 metres (465 ft), which is 10 centimetres (3.9 in) for every day of the war.
The largest known obelisk, the unfinished obelisk, was never erected and was discovered in its original quarry. It is nearly one-third larger than the largest ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected (the Lateran Obelisk in Rome); if finished it would have measured around 41.75 metres (137.0 ft) [ 6 ] and would have weighed nearly 1,090 tonnes ...
A World War I memorial [42] The Big Red Apple: Cornelia, Georgia: United States: 2.4 8: 1925: A short square obelisk with the world's largest apple on top stands [43] Prague Castle Obelisk (or Monolith from Mrákotín) Prague Castle, Prague: Czech Republic: 15.42 50.6: 1930
The monument was designed by architect Alexandr Bugaev [lv; ru] and produced by sculptors Lev Bukovsky [lv; ru] and Aivars Gulbis [lv; ru] in 1985. [1] In 1994, after the restoration of Latvia's independence, the Socialist Party of Latvia took initiatives to revive Victory Day celebrations at the monument. the following year, around 11,000 people gathered for a 9 May event chaired by the vice ...
With its height of 32.18 metres (105.6 feet) (with the base and the cross it reaches 45.70 m) it is the largest standing ancient monolithic obelisk in the world. [1] An obelisk (/ ˈ ɒ b ə l ɪ s k /; from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos), [2] [3] diminutive of ὀβελός (obelós) ' spit, nail, pointed pillar') [4] is a tall ...
Since invading Ukraine in 2022, Putin has repeatedly warned of the risk of a much broader war involving the world's biggest nuclear powers, though he has said Russia does not want a conflict with ...
Index of Egyptian and Sudanese Sites from which the Cairo Museum contains Antiquities [3] 1930. Ancient Egyptian Masonry, with Somers Clarke [4] 1927. Gurob, with Guy Brunton; 1924. A Supplement to the Topographical Catalogue of the Private Tombs of Thebes, nos. 253-254. With some notes on the Necropolis from 1913 to 1924; 1923. Harageh, with ...