- The Luxor Temple predated Ramesses II by about 150 years. During his reign, renovations were made that included the addition of the two obelisks.
- The Luxor Obelisks measure 22 meters high and weigh 220 tons each, and they were built under the reign of Pharaon Ramses II.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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.
- This generous gift included two obelisks from Luxor Temple, with one remaining in Egypt until its official return in 1981.
- One—the Luxor Obelisk—was taken from the entrance of the Luxor Temple and transported to Paris in 1833.
