IF you are not familiar with the Aksum obelisk found in Tigray region,Ethiopia,I will tell you the most amazing past human civilization ever....
AKSUM OBELISK
Aksum Obelisk may be similar to other types of obelisks in its component,stone,but the design imprints the height and past engineering skills makes it far more further than the other obelisks.It is believed that Aksum obelisk is erected before 1700 years with 24 meters of height by the empire of Axum.It is believed that there are a number of such obleisks erected beside each one but due to various natural disasters,most of the obelisks were fall down.
There is no exact answer for why the Axum dynasty built and erected this long obelisk,but it is thought that when the Aksum Kings were dead,each obelisk is erected above their dead body.
The most amazing thing that most people ask is 'In those days were technology is not developed,how did they get this length of rock and by what technology that they have erected?'This question is not answered till now....
During the five year colonization of Italy in Ethiopia,Musoloni has stolen the 33 meters obelisk (the highest one)by cutting it and shipped to Rome,Italy and erected there on October 28,1937 on Porta Capena square.After a long period of staying in Italy,the monument is returned back home in early 2000's by a special plane by cutting it at three parts and erecting it on the original place,Tigray Ethiopia beside his brother 24 meters long obelisk.The final thing that all people who visits this obelisk ask themselves that Even at the current period of technological time,the erection is very difficult in repatriation.How could those people erect the obelisks and in what Engineering skills...