Commissioning magnificent buildings and statues, obelisks and temples gave pharaohs ... the basis of their life after death. Yet Egyptian art did evolve over the years. During the reign of ...

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It is a story of art and architecture transcending ... obelisk each symbolized Alexandria’s ancient Egyptian heritage. Calling the obelisk “Cleopatra’s Needle” helped tie the city to ...

Hieroglyphics carved on the famous ancient Egyptian Obelisk in Paris ... It remains to be studied if the engravings and art depictions on top of the obelisk would have been visible to anyone ...

The obelisk of Thutmose I (r. circa 1504-1493 B.C.) is on the right, and that of his daughter, Hatshepsut (r. 1479-1458), on the left. One of Cleopatra’s Needles, a 224-ton Egyptian obelisk ...

The Luxor Obelisks are two monuments from ancient Egypt separated by the Mediterranean. One remains in position outside of Egypt's Luxor Temple, while the other was transported to Paris aboard a ...

One hundred and eighty-nine years ago, a spectacular 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk was erected in Place de la Concorde, Paris, after it had been gifted to France by the viceroy of Egypt.

Hieroglyphics carved on the famous ancient Egyptian Obelisk in Paris could be propaganda ... It remains to be studied if the engravings and art depictions on top of the obelisk would have been visible ...

The obelisk was apparently commissioned by Ramesses ... on the 3,300-year-old monument were meant only for the eyes of Egyptian nobility under specific circumstances, Dr Olette-Pelletier argues ...