Made of granite and marble, the Washington Monument was designed to look like an Egyptian obelisk. Also, it was the tallest structure in the world until 1889, when the Eiffel Tower was completed ...

In a technical sense, the Washington Monument isn’t an obelisk, because it isn’t made from a single piece of stone. That fact makes it no less impressive. Stretching 555 feet in the air, the ...

Explore the Washington Monument's history, significance, & surprising facts. Learn why this iconic symbol took 36 years to ...

A short distance from the steps of the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C, rises the Washington Monument, one of the city’s most distinct icons and an embodiment of America’s attraction to ...

The monument was one of two taken from Egypt by Augustus in 10 B.C. Now known as the Obelisk of Montecitorio, it was initially reerected as the gnomon of a giant sundial in Rome’s Campus Martius ...

Mills placed a winged sun—an Egyptian symbol representing divinity—above the doorframe of the Washington Monument’s principal entrance. The sun was removed in 1885. 7.

On this day in history, Oct. 9. 1888, the Washington Monument opened to the public in Washington, D.C. The construction honors the nation's first president, George Washington.

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In Washington, there are seven more monuments and four signs that are not part of the Historical Society review. “I think we basically identified all of them,” David said.

Building the Washington Monument 04:19. In a town full of monuments, there's one that stands above them all. Paul Goldberger, professor of design and architecture at the New School in New York ...

Although the Washington Monument is tall, it’s far from the tallest in the world. (That title is currently held by the ...