Nearly 200 years on from first being erected in Place de la Concorde, a French egyptologist has found new messages in the ...

A researcher discovered hidden messages called hieroglyphic cryptographies on the Luxor Obelisk in France. Some of the hidden ...

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 French Egyptologist says he has deciphered secret messages engraved on a 3,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk built during the reign of Ramses II. The 75-foot-tall stone structure once loomed outside ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a new inscription on the 3,300-year-old Luxor Obelisk in Paris’ Place de la Concorde that reveals that this ancient monument is still yielding Egyptian secrets.

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 ...

The obelisk was apparently commissioned by Ramesses II, who ruled Egypt from 1279BC to 1213 BC, and installed in Luxor. It was given to France by the sultan of the Ottoman Empire in 1830.

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...

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 ...