- The obelisk remaining in Luxor is leaning.[4] The Paris obelisk has a fissure in the original stone that had been tended to in antiquity.[5].
- The Luxor Obelisk is over 22 metres tall, weighs in at around 250 tons and was originally one of a pair of obelisks that were positioned outside the Luxor temple in...
- Luxor Temple Obelisks. Two 80 foot (25m) pink granite obelisk built by Ramesses once stood before the gateway but today only one remains the other stands in...
- It is made of yellow granite with hieroglyphs inscribed on it honouring the Pharaoh Ramesses II. Let’s look at the top 10 facts about Luxor Obelisk.
- Since King Charles was looking for an obelisk as an Egyptian art for his Museum, Muhammad Ali Pasha of Egypt gifted France, The Luxor Obelisk in 1829.
- Erected in 1836 in a particularly emblematic location of the capital, at the initiative of Louis Philippe, the Luxor Obelisk is a symbol of the strong ties between Egypt...
- The Luxor Obelisks measure 22 meters high and weigh 220 tons each, and they were built under the reign of Pharaon Ramses II.
- Supplanting the guillotine is the powerful Obelisk of Luxor, a pink granite monolith that was given to the French in 1829 by the viceroy of Egypt, Mehemet Ali.
- The obelisk along with its twin was originally found in front of the Amon or the sun god temple in Luxor, Egypt. The second obelisk can be found in Luxor.
- Un véritable plaisir pour les yeux ! It is called the Obelisk of Luxor, it comes from Egypt and is located on the Place de la Concorde in Paris.
