Journey of the Egyptian Obelisks.. 3300 years long..!
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Story behind the song
Egyptian Obelisks were built before 3300 years.
Many of the 33 Obelisks were taken to other countries where they were set up in the city squares as a symbol of power.
They appeared in London, Paris, New York, Istanbul and Rome. There are 13 Obelisks in Rome alone, even inside the Vatican.
Some obelisks were given away by the Egyptian Rulers a political gifts. But many were forced-shipped away by historical figures like the Emperors of Romanian Empire.
An Original Egyptian Obelisk would be engraved "in totto" of one piece of granite rock stone that weighs about 18 tons. "Copy" obelisks were built by multilayer stones, like that in Washington, USA.
Obelisks served 3 main functions; power & knowledge symbol, religious symbol and public shadow clocks.
Although the obelisks in Paris & London were named as "Cleopatra's Needle" they were actually misnamed as they were built by the Egyptian Pharaohs like Thutmose III & Ramses II between 1000 to 1300 years before Queen Cleopatra ruled Egypt. In fact she was the first ruler to transport obelisks from the older capital of Egypt in the south, now "Luxor", to her new capital Alexandria on the Mediterranean where they taken from to Europe.
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Journey of the Egyptian Obelisks - Soundtrack
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