埃及方尖碑探析

方尖碑是古代埃及的重要文化遗产之一。它表达了古埃及人对太阳神的崇拜，古埃及的法老们十分重视方尖碑的建造，把它看成是和拉神对话的工具。由于历史的原因许多方尖碑都流失到了其他国家，如今在罗马、巴黎、伦敦、纽约、伊斯坦布尔都可以看到它的身影，它已经成为人类文明的象征之一。本文从以下四个方面探析方尖碑：方尖碑的定义、方尖碑的内涵、方尖的制造和方尖碑的研究价值。

Researches on Obeliskes of Ancient Egypt

Obeliskes are one of important heritages of ancient Egypt. It conveys that ancient Egyptian worship the God of sun. Ancient Egyptian Pharaohs set great store by building of obeliskes and consider it as a media speaking to Ra. For history reasons, many obeliskes have been moved to other countries, for example in Roma, Paris, London, NewYork, Istanbul. Now, it becomes a symbol of human civilization. The paper analyse obeliskes in four respects： First, the difinition of obelisk; Second, its connotation; Third, its construction; Fourth, its values in researches.