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The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III is an Assyrian monument from Nimrud, Iraq, carved around 825 BC with tribute scenes from conquered rulers.
The Obelisk of Axum is a 24-metre granite stela in Ethiopia, erected in the ancient Aksumite kingdom and returned from Italy in 2005.
The Washington Monument is a marble obelisk in Washington, D.C., completed in 1884 to honor George Washington and rising 555 feet.
The Luxor Obelisk is a 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk from Luxor Temple, installed in Paris's Place de la Concorde in 1836.
The Obelisco de Buenos Aires is a 67.5-meter concrete obelisk by Alberto Prebisch, built in 1936 for the city's 400th anniversary.
The Bunker Hill Monument is a 221-foot granite obelisk in Charlestown, Massachusetts, completed in 1843 to mark the 1775 Revolutionary War battle.
