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 The Obelisks of Aksum: the Most Famous Towers in the World .... @yemaneabadi

The Aksumite kingdom had everything a superpower needed to have: wealth, power, organization and technology. Nothing was more fitting, more lasting for Aksum than the multi-storied, gigantic obelisks to show off its might, supremacy, affluence and style. Today, perhaps, Aksum is famous for its stelae as much as Egypt is known for its pyramids.  Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, however, Aksum’s stelae (a.k.a. obelisks) are monolithic structures carved out of extremely hard granite stones.

Uniquely designed and painstakingly carved, the obelisks of Aksum have no equal anywhere in the world. Even scientific research falters to provide concrete answers as to when, why, or how the obelisks of Aksum were built.  Explanations abound, but they are tentative and ephemeral at best and conjectural at worst. No known technology exists even in the 21st century that lifts heavier than 300 tones. The only plausible technology thought to have been used to transport the colossal obelisks from Gobodra, a quarry just five kms west of Aksum, to their current location is a combination of elephant force and human labour. Others do not have more plausible explanation than to superstitiously find solace in the miracles of the Ark.