Arkeonews
By oguz kayra
1 May 2025
Nearly two centuries after its prominent placement in Paris’ Place de la Concorde, the 3,300-year-old Luxor Obelisk continues to yield remarkable insights into ancient Egyptian history and royal propaganda.
Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, a French Egyptologist and specialist in hieroglyphic cryptology at the Catholic University of Paris, has recently identified seven previously undocumented inscriptions near the obelisk’s summit. This significant discovery, made during a renovation in December 2021, sheds new light on the monument’s original purpose and the reign of Pharaoh Ramses II.
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