obelisk in the Place de la Concorde in Paris]] in Rome. Originally one of a pair from Sais in Egypt. Brought to Rome by Diocletian for the nearby Temple of Isis. Found in 1655 and erected in 1667 by Pope Alexander VII on an Elephant base by Bernini. The other of the pair is in Urbino.]] An obelisk (Greek ????????? [LINK: obeliskos] [1], diminutive of ?????? [LINK: obelos] [2], "needle") is a tall, narrow, four-sided, tapering monument which ends in a pyramidal top. Ancient obelisks were made of a single piece of stone (a monolith). The term stele (plural: stelae) is generally used for other monumental standing inscribed sculpted stones not of classic obelisk form. Ancient obelisks Egyptian Obelisks were a prominent part of the architecture of the ancient Egypt, who placed them in pairs at the entrance of temples. The word "Obelisk" is of Greek