音标:[ˈɔbilisks] ;
n. 方尖石塔, 短剑号, 疑问记号( obelisk的复数形式 )
n. a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top
n. a character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote

No statues, no obelisks, no temples, nothing to suggest this could once have been home to the ancient world's great lost capital. When I came first to this area and to this site, I was shocked. Nothing was to be seen at the surface. No clue where to

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That pottery can be dated, and so tell you the date of the city itself. By dating the pottery of all the settlements along the ancient lost branches of the Nile, that will tell you when each settlement was inhabited. And therefore, when that particu

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He published journals and identified the remains of a massive temple dedicated to the God Amon. As Montet's work progressed, his fame and reputation spread across the world. The more his teams excavated, the more statues and obelisks of Ramesses the

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Moving any single piece would have taken a workforce of hundreds.Using sleds to transport the pieces through the city. Monuments,like statues and obelisks,would have been taken down and transported whole. Temples and other bulidings, a single piece

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US Weighs Fencing Parts of Shared Canadian Border The United States and Canada share the longest unfortified border in the world. In the border town of Blaine, Washington, a shallow ditch and some warning signs are all that separate U.S. territory fr

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文本: King Arthas:Times running out, Anubarak. Weve got to get inside the Throne _(1)_ before Illidan does. Anubarak:The Throne Chamber lies within the frozen peak at the center of the valley. It can only be opened by activating the four ench

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Perhaps you're wondering why the pharaoh should want to build such a gigantic tomb? 你也许要问:为什么法老想建造这么一座巨大的坟墓呢? It was all part of his religion. 这跟他的宗教有关。 The Egyptians believed in man

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