http://sainthoward.blogspot.com/2012/10/it-would-be-fair-at-this-point-to-ask.html
Following the tradition of most pharaohs, Hatshepsut had monuments constructed at the Temple of Karnak. She also restored the original Precinct of Mut, the ancient great goddess of Egypt, at Karnak that had been ravaged by the foreign rulers during the Hyksos occupation. It later was ravaged by other pharaohs, who took one part after another to use in their pet projects and awaits restoration. She had twin obelisks, at the time the tallest in the world, erected at the entrance to the temple. One still stands, as the tallest surviving ancient obelisk on Earth; the other has broken in two and toppled. [read the rest @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatshepsut]
The following carving represents her two obelisks:
Queen Hatshepsut (left) presents twin obelisks to the God Amun. The inscription relates that both obelisks had been covered with "fine gold".One of the obelisks still stands between the fourth and fifth pylons in Karnak. Brown quartzite, H:60 cm Inv. Luxor J 138 // Luxor Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art, Luxor, Egypt [text borrowed from http://www.lessingimages.com/viewimage.asp?i=08011540+&cr=5&cl=1]
Is it not possible that the destruction of the twin towers of the WTC on 9/11 was part of a ritual somehow related to the Day of Queens?
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