The Luxor Obelisk, in Paris' Place de la Concorde, was constructed more than 3,000 years ago and is covered with hieroglyphics - but a 3,000 year old message has been found ...

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.

Robert began his climb shortly before 6 a.m., ... He was arrested in April 1998 after scaling the 75-foot Luxor Obelisk in Paris. He’s not the first to make it to the top of the Sears.

In 1830, the viceroy of Egypt gifted France a 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk—a carved stone pillar with a pyramidal top. In 1836, the obelisk found its home in Paris, in Place de la Concorde ...

Only one obelisk remains; the French removed the other, which now stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. As you move around this image, watch for people, who give a sense of scale.