Obelisk

Though few onlookers have ever noticed, the famed golden-topped obelisk at the center of Place de la Concorde in Paris has stood without a tip for nearly 200 years - until June 20.

In a ceremony attended by VIPs, a trainee craftworker showed no signs of vertigo as she placed a new gold-plated point atop the 3,000-year-old monument, which was gift to France from Egypt in 1830.

A total of 310 people were arrested across France during protests against the passage without a vote of the controversial pension reform in the lower house of the French parliament yesterday, AFP and BTA reported, citing French Interior Minister Géral Darmanen.

The demolition of the obelisk -broadcast live- is the latest in a series of Soviet monuments brought down after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The sister of a massive ancient monolith towering 5.5 meters (18 feet) tall from southeastern Turkey will be impressing diplomats and visitors alike at U.N. headquarters in New York, Turkey announced on May 15.

Around 200,000 people visited Turkey's ancient site of Göbeklitepe, known as the world's oldest temple, in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to officials.

Several mysterious metal structures have sprung up in different parts of the world in recent weeks, sparking speculation on social media about their origin.

Another monolith, this time a golden one, has appeared near Chia in the Colombian department of Cundinamarca, Newsweek reported, citing local media reports.

Tourists in California are flocking to yet another metal monolith that popped up on top of Pine Mountain, days after similar pillars in Romania and Utah were removed from their posts. 

Dozen of local hikers made the trek to the top of the mountain in Atascadero to snap a photo with the pillar, which mysteriously showed up on Wednesday. 

Archaeological excavations have begun in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa's Karahantepe ancient site, which is home to more than 250 Neolithic-era T-shaped obelisks similar to the ones in the world-famous Göbeklitepe.

Archaeologists have discovered the upper part of an obelisk that is more than 4,000 years old, the Associated Press reported.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere visited the site of the explosion at Istanbul’s historic Sultanahmet Square and placed carnations in front of the Obelisk of Theodosius