the obelisk of mattariya
Cairo, Egypt
About
Al Matareia occupies the ancient site on which was built the Pharaonic city of Oun which was the Greeks called Heliopolis. The only left monument of the antiquities of that city is the famous obelisk known as "Al Matareia Obelisk". it's a granite obelisk, 25 m high, which stands at the east of Cairo.
