Possibly over 3300 years old, the Luxor Obelisk now in Paris is attributed to the reign of Ramesses II of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt and is originally from the Temple of Luxor in Thebes. Carved from red granite, it originally stood at the entrance of the temple as one of a pair. The monument, with its modern pedestal and gold-leafed pyramidion added in 1998, stands approximately 33.37 m (109 ft) high in its current form. This artifact is now housed at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, Fra
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Possibly over 3300 years old, the Luxor Obelisk now in Paris is attributed to the reign of Ramesses II of the New Kingdom of ancient Egypt and is originally from the Temple of Luxor in Thebes. Carved from red granite, it originally stood at the entrance of the temple as one of a pair. The monument, with its modern pedestal and gold-leafed pyramidion added in 1998, stands approximately 33.37 m (109 ft) high in its current form. This artifact is now housed at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, Fra
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