Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester.View full profile Jack has a degree in Medical Genetics from the University of Leicester. There are around 30 ancient Egyptian ...

Book Description: Obelisks, originally associated with the sun cult, had their heyday between 2000 and 1500 BC, when they adorned the Nile’s banks and proclaimed the splendour of the pharaohs. Today, ...

In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586--one of the great ...

On title page verso: Copyright by H.H. Gorringe, 1882; press of G.P. Putnam's Sons ... CHMNKRU copy 39088019929959 gift of Museum of the City of New York. CHMNKRU ...

NEW YORK (AP)-- An Egyptian official has chided New York City over the condition of "Cleopatra's Needle,'' an ancient column in Central Park. Zahi Hawass of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities ...

Minister of Local Development and Acting Minister of Environment Manal Awad and Governor of Cairo Ibrahim Saber inaugurated on Tuesday the comprehensive development works of the Obelisk Garden in the ...

One hundred and eighty-nine years ago, a spectacular 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk was erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris, after it had been gifted to France by the viceroy of Egypt. Since then, ...

NEW YORK, Jan 7 (Reuters) - The Egyptian government official charged with protecting his country's ancient monuments is threatening to take back an iconic obelisk in Central Park unless New York City ...

Renewable energy solutions provider Scatec has reached financial close for its Obelisk hybrid solar and battery storage project in Egypt, which is to be delivered in two phases. Scatec will provide ...

Special Correspondence THE NEW YORK TIMES. TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s ...

A researcher discovered hidden messages called hieroglyphic cryptographies on the Luxor Obelisk in France. Some of the hidden messages were propaganda asserting Ramses II’s power. Messages on one side ...