obelisk

How To Use obelisk In A Sentence

• The catalogue describes an obelisk and a stele brought back as symbols of imperial conquest.
• a street of considerable extent, in the broader part of which stands what may justly be deemed one of the most valuable curiosities of the place; it is a _milliare_, or Roman mile-stone, forming part of a small obelisk. A Walk through Leicester being a Guide to Strangers
• On the other side of the water, the New York Sun called the obelisk "terrific humbug," and "only a broken, decaying and disfigured old block of stone. 'Encyclopedia of the Exquisite: An Anecdotal History of Elegant Delights'
• There, jutting from the racing waters, stood a dark, jagged stone, not too tall, its rugged jet surface like an unhewn obelisk. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
• He used the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the fallen obelisk which he removed from Philae and the Greek text on its pedestal to further the decipherment of hieroglyphs by his recognition of the name Cleopatra.
• The famous Castletown obelisk, for example, is on land that forms part of the Carton demesne.
• I walked from the fort site three miles to the stone obelisk marking the place where Captain Fetterman and his men met their end in 1866.
• For instance, in 1676 the academicians of Aries undertook the reconstruction of a Roman obelisk excavated nearby under the supervision of the academy.
• It was so far off her personal awareness sensors that the obelisk was the first artifact Abramowitz had ever physically encountered from the planet, an admission she made somewhat sheepishly considering her role as a cultural specialist attached to the Starfleet Corps of Engineers. Creative Couplings
• This made the obelisks so brilliant in sunlight that whenever a visitor looked out on the city, the most dazzling sight was no longer the temple of Amen-Ra but her obelisks. King/Pharaoh Hatshepsut, An Awesome Lady Ruler