Obelisk

Obelisk, pamodzi ndi mapiramidi, ndi chimodzi mwa zizindikiro zodziwika kwambiri za Aigupto za ku Egypt.
Obelisk ndi chinthu chomanga ngati piramidi yopyapyala yokhala ndi nsonga ya piramidi. Nthawi zambiri zipilala zinkapangidwa ndi miyala yolimba.
ku Igupto wakale, zipilala anaziika pa lamulo la farao n’cholinga chopempha chitetezo cha mulungu wadzuŵa Ra. Nthawi zambiri zipilala zinkaikidwa pakhomo la akachisi, chifukwa sizinali chizindikiro cholemekeza umulungu, komanso zinkatumikira monga malo okhalamo mulungu amene ankakhulupirira kuti anali mkati mwake.
Obelisk ili ndi tanthauzo lophiphiritsira, lomwe limalumikizidwa ndi "mphamvu zapadziko lapansi", kufotokoza kwa mfundo yogwira ntchito ndi feteleza, kufalikira ndi kutulutsa chinthu chopanda pake komanso chophatikizika. Monga chizindikiro cha dzuwa, obelisk ili ndi khalidwe lodziwika bwino lachimuna, ndipo kwenikweni sizodabwitsa kuti mawonekedwe ake aatali ndi ovuta amafanana ndi phallic element. Kusintha kwa dzuŵa ndi nyengo kunachititsa kuti mtsinje wa Nile usefukire ku Igupto wakale, ndikusiya dothi lakuda pa mchenga wouma, dothi lokhala ndi feteleza kwambiri, lomwe linapangitsa kuti dzikolo likhale lachonde komanso loyenera kulimidwa, motero kuonetsetsa kuti anthu ali ndi moyo komanso kukhala ndi moyo. mudzi. Dziko lakuda ili, lomwe ku Egypt wakale limatchedwa Kemet, linapereka dzina lake ku hermetic discipline of alchemy, yomwe mophiphiritsira imakonzanso mfundo zake.
Zipilalazi zinkaimiranso chizindikiro cha mphamvu, chifukwa zinkayenera kukumbutsa anthu za kukhalapo kwa kugwirizana pakati pa Farao ndi mulungu.