📍 Location: Luxor Temple, Egypt & Place de la Concorde, Paris
📅 Date: ~1250 BCE - Reign of Ramses II
👑 Pharaoh: Ramses II (Ramses the Great)
📏 Height: 22.5 meters (74 feet)
⚖️ Weight: 227 tons
🪨 Material: Pink granite from Aswan, Egypt
✍️ Inscriptions: Hieroglyphics praising Ramses II
🇫🇷 Gift to France: Offered to France in 1830
🏛️ Twin Obelisk: The other obelisk remains at Luxor Temple
☀️ Symbolism: Represents sun rays and pharaonic greatness
🎨 Golden Base: Added in Paris with pharaonic scenes
🚢 Transport: Took 2 years to ship from Egypt to France (1831-1833)