EParis, eRoma, eIstanbul, eNew York naseLondon, kodwa kungekhona eYiputa, apho ziphi iiobelisk ezidumileyo zofaro?

I<em>obelisk yintsika yamatye eneekona ezine entloko yayo iphela ngephiramidi encinane.” Ihlabathi apho ezi obelisk zafuduselwa kwamanye amazwe mhlawumbi bubusela bezinto zakudala ezimbiweyo obabusenzeka ngokwamanqanaba embali awahlukahlukeneyo okanye zizipho zabalawuli baseYiputa abalandelelanayo, ikwazisa ngegama elithi “Antica” kule ngxelo kweyona obelisks yaseYiputa ibaluleke kakhulu esasazwa kwihlabathi liphela:
1. ITurkey:

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ESultan Ahmed Square eIstanbul, ilitye lelitye laseYiputa lijongene neBlue Mosque.Le obelisk yafuduswa ngexesha loMlawuli waseRoma uTheodosius I ngo-390 AD. Kuthiwa yenziwa nguFaro Thutmose Wesithathu kwaye ekuqaleni yayikwiTempile yaseKarnak eLuxor. AmaRoma ahlulahlula i-obelisk ibe ziziqwenga ezithathu ezaziza kukhweliswa eNqabeni izikhephe zinqumle umNayile zisiwe e-Aleksandriya kwaye ukusuka apho ziye eIstanbul, eyayibizwa ngokuba yiConstantinople, apho yaphinda yamiselwa kwindawo ebikuyo ngoku, ngelo xesha ibala lomdyarho wamahashe.
2. EFransi:

KwiNdawo yeConcorde embindini wekomkhulu laseFransi, iParis, kumi i-obelisk yaseYiputa ephiwe nguKhedive Ismail kuKumkani uLouis Philippe ngowe-1829 AD inika ingqwalasela kwiinzame ezenziwa yiFransi ekuncedeni ukufunyanwa kwezinto zakudala zaseYiputa.Isipho sikaIsmail eFransi. yayiziiobelisk ezimbini, hayi enye, kodwa eyesibini iobelisk yahlala ngethamsanqa eYiputa kuba amaFrentshi ayengakwazi ukuyidlulisela eFransi ngenxa yobukhulu bayo.
3. EItali:

I-Itali inelona nani likhulu lee obelisk ngaphandle kweYiputa, apho kukho iiobelisk ezili-13, ezisi-8 kuzo zikwikomkhulu laseRoma kuphela, uninzi lwazo lwatshintshelwa ngexesha lamaRoma.Yaye yatshintshelwa eItali ngo-37 AD ngexesha lolawulo lwe-obelisk. UMlawuli waseRoma uCaligula, owayehombise ibala lemidlalo ekwakubulawelwa kulo esidlangalaleni abalandeli benkolo yobuKrestu, ngelixa latshintshelwa kwindawo ekuyo ngoku ngexesha lolawulo lukaPope Sixtus V ngo-1586 AD.
4. IBritane:

Kukho ii-obelisk zaseYiputa ezi-4 eBritani, eyona idumileyo kuyo yiCleopatra’s obelisk kwikomkhulu laseBritani, eLondon, esusela kwixesha likaFaro Thutmose III, apho yayakhiwe ekuqaleni kwiTempile yaseHeliopolis. AmaFrentshi edabini. ka-Abu Qir, kodwa ukuhanjiswa kwe-obelisk kwalibaziseka de kwangowe-1819 AD, xa amaBritane ekugqibeleni akwazi ukulungiselela ukuthuthwa kwawo ngolwandle, njengoko yamiswa kwindawo ekuyo ngoku kwi-1877 AD.
5. EMelika:

KwiCentral Park eyaziwayo kwisixeko saseNew York, i-obelisk yaseYiputa ebizwa ngokuba yiCleopatra's Obelisk, i-obelisk yayiphiwe nguKhedive Ismail kwi-Consul yaseMelika eCairo ngo-1877 AD njengomqondiso wobudlelwane phakathi kwala mazwe mabini. Yakhiwe kwindawo yayo yangoku ngo-1881 AD.