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 ...

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.

In 1995, a NOVA team dared to demonstrate firsthand what has mystified historians for millennia: how to raise an obelisk using only materials and techniques the ancient Egyptians might have used.

Located at Place de la Concorde in the city's eighth arrondissement, the Luxor Obelisk was made by the Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago. Carved from red granite, it was created under ...

A French Egyptologist, Dr. Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, claims to have discovered seven secret messages hidden within the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the Luxor Obelisk in Paris’s Place de la ...

French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, a professor at the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the Catholic Institute of Paris, has discovered a series of hidden inscriptions on the obelisk ...

An Egyptologist in Paris has discovered secret messages on the capital's Luxor Obelisk. © Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0 https ...

The ancient Egyptians used levers in building the pyramids. Although it is not known exactly how they erected the great obelisks, it's a pretty sure bet that they used levers in some way.

The Egyptian obelisk in Place de la Concorde in Paris may conceal hieroglyphic messages intended for the elite of ancient Egypt. These inscriptions, visible only from certain angles, glorify Pharaoh ...

A Pharaoh's message uncovered: Seven hidden codes revealed on the Luxor Obelisk. (photo credit: Cocotier Tours. Via Shutterstock) During renovation work in 2021, Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier ...