There are around 30 ancient Egyptian obelisks left in the world. A guide to the obelisks still standing (and some Roman copies), including a timeline of their construction.
posted by Copronymus on Oct 26, 2011 - 22 comments

/ / R | | P \ \ for the recently departed John McCracken (1934 – 2011), a West Coast artist who brought a New Age openness to Minimalist sculpture, along with a vocabulary of bright, sleek slabs, blocks and columns that balanced teasingly between painting and sculpture. [more inside]
posted by wcfields on Apr 11, 2011 - 5 comments

The Monolith revealed!! Durn, I was hoping this would keep going for awhile...
posted by black8 on Jan 7, 2001 - 3 comments

monolith disappears! the monolith has disappeared as mysteriously as it first appeared.
posted by quonsar on Jan 3, 2001 - 14 comments

Also Sprach Zarathustra, anyone? Does the arrival of a monolith in Seattle implicitly suggest that Microserfs are in need of an extra-terrestrial intelligence boost?
posted by holgate on Jan 2, 2001 - 25 comments