obelisks

The oldest of all the obelisks is the beautiful one of rosy granite which stands alone among the green fields on the banks of the Nile not far from Cairo.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

Despite their squat shape these magnificent pillars recall the obelisks before the pylons of the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

I shall say that the writer may have mastered the dicky-bird language on the flints that they call 'obelisks' out there in Egypt, but he cannot write in his own, as I will prove to him in a column and a half.

A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Honor�� de Balzac 1824

I shall say that the writer may have mastered the dicky-bird language on the flints that they call 'obelisks' out there in Egypt, but he cannot write in his own, as I will prove to him in a column and a half.

Lost Illusions Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Every part of Egypt abounded with this kind of obelisks; they were for the most part cut in the quarries of Upper Egypt, where some are now to be seen half finished.

The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Charles Rollin 1701

They included architectural forms such as obelisks, pillars and urns, as well as classical figures, many carved in marble by European craftsmen.

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( "obelisks", the odd printer's device for noting doubtful or spurious passages) were submitted to the bishop in manuscript form, passed around among intimates, and not intended for publication.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

A pair of obelisks marked each of the two entrances to the north and south, standing on either side of the entry paths.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

A pair of obelisks marked each of the two entrances to the north and south, standing on either side of the entry paths.

Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011

The obelisks and statues, some standing upright, some leaning, cast long shadows in the late afternoon light.

Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

Named after the highly-symmetrical, rod-like structures formed by its twisted lengths of RNA, the Obelisks' genetic sequences are only around 1,000 characters (nucleotides) in size.

'Obelisks': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System Tessa Koumoundouros 2024

"Obelisks comprise a class of diverse RNAs that have colonized, and gone unnoticed in, human, and global microbiomes," the researchers write in a preprint paper.

'Obelisks': Entirely New Class of Life Has Been Found in The Human Digestive System Tessa Koumoundouros 2024