A obelisk of King Senkamanisken was found at Gebel Barkal in 1916 by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition to Sudan. There are remains of another small obelisk inscribed with the cartouche of King Aktisanes at the site of Gebel Barkal. Ancient Egyptian obelisks in Ancient Rome.
25762 shares Easy Garden Obelisk – a great and inexpensive DIY! This obelisk can be used for roses, sweet peas or even squash in the garden.There is so many things you can use this easy garden obelisk for. I have even made an Last year I even used it as a tomato cage, it worked great! I just finished building one of these. I followed your directions most for most of the project but drifted a bit to make things easier with the tools I had to work with.
I love how it looks and am still in the process of deciding what color I may want to paint it. But one question.did you anchor it to the ground at all? I used 2 X 2 uprights but only 1 X 2’s for the cross pieces because I forgot to make a shopping list before I went to the store. So mine might not be quite as heavy as yours.
I am afraid it will blow away if we get a storm. I am racking my brains trying to think of a simple solution and would love to hear any ideas others may have. I can’t thank you enough for your tutorial. My husband just finished making the obelisk (I would very much like to post some pics but I don’t know how) and it looks absolutely beautiful. I’m in the seventh heaven right now. He used all your husband’s measurements and the whole project took him around two hours. We added a woden finial on top that we purchased at Home Depot, so it’s really pretty.
Now it’s my job to stain it. I think I going for a dark brown to add some contrast to the climbing plants and to make the colour of the flowers pop. Thank you again!