The local council in Robe, in South Australia's south-east, has decided to not spend ratepayers' money to investigate saving the town's famous obelisk from falling into the sea. There has been debate ...

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, ...

Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk balances enigmatically above a long, shallow reflecting pool outside the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas. Lush swamp-like foliage and obsessively trimmed lawns surround ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A researcher discovered hidden messages called hieroglyphic cryptographies on the Luxor Obelisk in France ...

Plans for a grand-scale celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial (250th anniversary) are officially underway in Lawrence ...

It’s 70 feet tall, 220 tons and the city’s oldest artifact — but many New Yorkers don’t know it exists. Cleopatra’s Needle, a 3,500-year-old obelisk from Ancient Egypt, survived a voyage to Central ...

Heritage watchdog questions council rationale as proposal to revive unbuilt historic design faces scrutiny over impact on ...