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🏛️ LUXOR OBELISK FACTS 🏛️

📍 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)