For almost 200 years, the monumental Luxor Obelisk in Paris has stood proudly ... a form of propaganda in favor of the builder of the site: Pharaoh Ramses II.” The carvings were strategically ...

This elegant temple rests along the Nile in the heart of the modern town of Luxor (site of ancient Thebes ... pair of pink granite obelisks. Only one obelisk remains; the French removed the ...

An Egyptologist in Paris has discovered secret messages on the capital's Luxor Obelisk ... of propaganda in favor of the builder of the site: Pharaoh Ramses II,” Olette-Pelletier told ...

Olette-Pelletier is an Egyptologist and, by chance, his daily walk took him past the Luxor Obelisk, the 3,000-year-old monument that towers over Place de la Concorde in central Paris. One day ...

A researcher discovered hidden messages called hieroglyphic cryptographies on the Luxor Obelisk in France. Some of the hidden messages were propaganda asserting Ramses II’s power. Messages on ...

The obelisk in Paris is one of two famous obelisks known as the “Luxor Obelisks,” with the other still standing at its original location in front of the Luxor Temple in Egypt. Pelletier’s study ...

During the global lockdown in 2020, Olette-Pelletier went every day in front of the Luxor Obelisk to "reproduce all the drawings" and began reading the hieroglyphs inscribed on its facade during ...

Beneath the 3,000-year-old Luxor Obelisk, skateboarders will drop into ... Since then, the square has been the site of numerous celebrations: the end of the World War I, the Liberation of Paris ...

A researcher discovered hidden messages called hieroglyphic cryptographies on the Luxor Obelisk in France. Some of the hidden messages were propaganda asserting Ramses II’s power. Messages on ...