...Some of these were covered from top to bottom with parasitic plants, giving them the appearance of tall towers or obelisks... 
Mayne Reid 「The Giraffe Hunters」
...Hatshepsût, however, in order to bring in her obelisks between the pylonsof Thothmes I...
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero 「Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt」
...I have elsewhere described the little funerary obelisks, the altarbases, the statues, and the tables of offerings found in tombs of theancient empire...
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero 「Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt」
...Among the first objects that arrest the attention and powerfullyexcite the curiosity of the visitor in Rome are the Egyptian obelisks...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...The obelisks are allformed of granite, the foundation-stone of the globe, belonging to theoldest azoic formation, which laid down the first basis for theappearing of life...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...The obelisks in our squares and vast open spaces have their effectdestroyed by the buildings being at a distance from them...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...When theyhad obtained possession of the country, they burnt down the cities,demolished the temples, and overthrew the obelisks...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...The oldest of all the obelisks is the beautiful one of rosy granitewhich stands alone among the green fields on the banks of the Nile notfar from Cairo...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...All the other obelisks in Rome belong to comparatively recent periods,to the decadence of Egypt...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...One of these obelisks was erected by ClementXI...
Hugh Macmillan 「Roman Mosaics」
...A very dark colour distinguished these rocky masses, which terminated in pointed obelisks, or were broken into bold terraces of dismal aspect...
Thomas Mitchell 「Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 1 (of 2)」
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