Obelisk of Ramesses II
View of the Obelisk of Ramesses II (r. ca. 1279-1213 BC) in the Luxor Temple. The ancient Egyptians were originally called them tekhenu which means “to pierce” as in “to pierce the sky”.
hmm nope, txn has many meanings but not ‘to pierce’
Like many things in Ancient Egypt, ‘obelisk’ is the Greek word for this structure, and Teken is the original Egyptian name. Teken literally just means the same as obelisk.