In a Board of Visitors meeting on Monday, the University announced vague plans for a new construction project — a 100-foot ...

Called obelisks, these massive, pointed shafts of polished granite were often capped with gold. Their size undoubtedly made them extremely difficult to move and raise. But exactly how much did ...

NOVA: Can you give us an example? This modern depiction of the pharaoh Hatshepsut's obelisk barge, drawn from a faded painting on her mortuary temple in Luxor, offers one of the few clues left by ...