obelisk

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Despite having built an obelisk of skulls, Dr. Kelson is one of the few remaining uninfected who has lost neither his reason nor his soul.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 15, 2026

The 92-year-old Pistoletto's most famous work, Il Terzo Paradiso, comprises a three-metre-tall mirrored obelisk and a series of blocks tracing out the mathematical symbol for infinity in the sand.

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

Among the GEM showstoppers are a 3,200-year-old, 16m-long suspended obelisk of the powerful pharaoh, Ramesses II, and his massive 11m-high statue.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025

In Venice, Meals was equally moved when he accidentally came upon an obelisk marking the spot where, in April 1942, more than a thousand Japanese Americans boarded buses for Manzanar.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2025

And slowly, almost by magic it seemed, the bottom of the obelisk began to sink into the sand as the top of the obelisk tilted upward.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman