This section is from the book "The Home Cyclopedia Of General Information", by Charles Morris. Also available from Amazon: Home Cyclopedia of Necessary Knowledge.
A tall, tapering, four-sided pyramid, cut off at the top in the form of a flat pyramid. Obelisks, made from single stones, of great height, stood before the temples of Egypt, their sides closely carved with hieroglyphic inscriptions.
 
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