THE GLOBAL AFRICAN AWAKENING ASE'
All over the world, you will find an obelisk in the local areas of government. You may ask, what is its origin and what does it mean?
An obelisk is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally they were called Tekhenu by their builders, the Kemites (Ancient Egyptians).
Obelisks were prominent in the architecture of Kemet, and played a vital role in their religion placing them in pairs at the entrance of the temples.
To date, we see this recreation of obelisk all over the world (i.e The Wellington Monument in Dublin, The Brothers Broglie Obelisk at the Monrepos Park in Vyborg, Russia, The Vatican obelisk, The Stone of the Empress at the Market Square in Helsinki, Finland, The Obelisk of Buenos Aires, The National Monument in Jakarta, Cleopatra Needle in Central Park, New York City, and the Washington monument). Thou this monument is now widespread, it is key to note; The Obelisk (creation & design) originates in Africa!
The Ancient Romans populated their city with 8 large and 42 small Egyptian obelisks. More have been taken from Egypt been re-erected elsewhere. To date, here are some of the best-known examples of Egyptian obelisks are:
Egypt – 11
Pharaoh Seti II, Karnak Temple, Luxor, 7 m (23 ft)
Pharaoh Thutmosis I, Karnak Temple, Luxor
Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Temple
Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple, Luxor
Pharaoh Senusret I, Al-Masalla area of Al-Matariyyah district in Heliopolis, Cairo
Pharaoh Ramses II, Tahrir Square, Cairo
Pharaoh Ramses III, Luxor Museum
Pharaoh Ramses II, Gezira Island, Cairo, 20.4 m (67 ft)
Pharaoh Ramses II, Cairo International Airport, 16.97 m (55.7 ft)
Pharaoh Hatshepsut, "The Unfinished obelisk", Stone Quarries, Aswan
Pharaoh Senusret I, Faiyum
France – 1
Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Obelisk, in Place de la Concorde, Paris
Israel – 1
Caesarea obelisk
Italy – 13 (includes the only one located in the Vatican City)
Rome — 8 ancient Egyptian obelisks (see List of obelisks in Rome)
Piazza del Duomo, Catania (Sicily)
Boboli Obelisk (Florence)
Urbino
Poland – 1
Pharaoh Ramses II, Poznań Archaeological Museum, Poznań (on loan from Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin)
Turkey – 1
Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, the Obelisk of Theodosius in the Hippodrome of Constantinople (now Sultan Ahmet Square), Istanbul
United Kingdom – 4
Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, "Cleopatra's Needle", beside the Thames Victoria Embankment, in London
Pharaoh Amenhotep II, in the Oriental Museum, University of Durham
Pharaoh Ptolemy IX, Philae obelisk, at Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Pharaoh Nectanebo II, British Museum, London (pair of obelisks)
United States – 1
Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, "Cleopatra's Needle", in Central Park, New York
With all that said, everytime you see an obelisk in your local area, just know your looking at African History!
We must restore the Truth!
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