Talk:Obelisk from St. Peter's Basilica/@comment-4273152-20140414002352/@comment-24509764-20140418224736

WAIT, there might be a way to salvage this artifact!!

Look at the comments for Robert Oppenheimer's Desk Lamp. In it, several users suggested creating an artifact that could absorb all forms of energy and then devastatingly release it all at once, while being a unique and unexpected object, not something small and average like the lamp. An artifact was never created that properly fit all those criteria, but this one might.

The artifact could constantly absorb all forms of energy, and that it would only be released when met with a sudden and massive global wide event, such as a magnetic field change or powerful solar event. The statues could act as a preventitive measure, to stop it from firing on a regular basis  and to prevent a worldwide catastrophe during powerful energy shift events. It is unique and something different than most average artifacts, like being a knife or pair of shoes.