Obelisks of the World

Britain

The Philae Obelisk
          The Philae Obelisk, located at Kingston Lacy House and Park at Dorset, England, is 22 feet tall and weighs 1200 pounds.  Sir William John Bankes, a British antiquarian and scholar, discovered this toppled red granite obelisk on Philae Island south of Aswan, Egypt in 1815.  He transported it to his estate, Kingston Lacy House, in 1821. The obelisk was inscribed with the name of Ptolemy IX, his wife Cleopatra, and his sister in hieroglyphics.
 

Cleopatra's Needle in England
         Cleopatra's Needle is located at Victoria Embankment, London, England.  It is 69 feet tall and weighs 187 tons, or 374,000 pounds. It is the twin to another obelisk in New York City, and both originally stood at the Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis, Egypt.  After being set adrift on the high seas, aboard a special barge being towed to England, it was finally pulled up the Thames and moored near the Houses of Parliament.  It was finally raised on the Victoria Embankment in 1878.
 

France

Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde
          Located at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, France this is the twin to the red granite obelisk at Karnak.  In 1833, the obelisk was re-erected at the center of the Place de la Concorde, where the statue of Louis XV had once stood.  It is 74 feet high and weighs 227 tons, or 454,000 pounds.  It is reported that Josephine's parting words to Napoleon, before he began his failed conquest of Egypt in 1798 were, "If you go to Thebes, do send me a little obelisk."

Peru

The Tello Obelisk
          The Tello Obelisk was found at the archaeological site of Chavín de Huantár inl Peru.  The obelisk is 8 feet high.
 

Turkey

Obelisk of Tuthmosis III
          Located in the Square of Horses in Istanbul, this obelisk once stood with it's twin at the Great Temple of Karnak in ancient Thebes.  It was originally 95 feet tall and weighed 380 tons, or 740,000 pounds. It has been reduced to only 65 feet since it's removal from Egypt.
 

United States

Cleopatra's Needle in New York
          This red granite is located in Central Park, in New York City.  It is the twin to another obelisk in London, and both originally stood at the Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis, Egypt.  It is 70 feet tall and weighs 190 tons, or 380,00 pounds.