(April 1, 2011) According to Wikipedia:
" ...The obelisk symbolized the sun god Ra, and during the brief religious reformation of Akhenaten was said to be a petrified ray of the Aten, the sundisk. It was also thought that the god existed within the structure."
Obelisk, Wikipedia.
Also, according to Wikipedia, there are more obelisks in the city of Rome, than in all of Egypt. To me, this confirms the Smithsonian's assertion that the last Pharaohs were Roman - see page 60 of this site.
As an historical enigma, King Ezana erected several obelisks in the Ethiopian city of Axum at the end of the Roman empire. ... According to Wikipedia, King Ezana was officially: "king of Saba and Salhen, Himyar and Dhu-Raydan." - This would make him the sovereign of the area that "Rearing Horse with Himyartic inscriptions" - (or what I call "Yemen Horse") on page 43 of this site - was found.
(April 7, 2011) There are two other peculiarities with Ezana's reign. First is the presence of both Greek and Ge'ez on King Ezana's coins. Then, there is also the inclusion of a cross, for the first time, in Axumite coinage. To me, this cross, visible as an attachment on page 43 of this site, looks like what later became the famous Templar cross. ...
