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Preferred Title:
Luxor Obelisk [in Paris] Work_PrefTitle Luxor Obelisk [in Paris] Preferred Title false
Alternate Title:
Obélisque de Louxor Work_AltTitle Obélisque de Louxor Alternate Title false
Image View:
Detail, pedestal decorated with diagrams showing the engineering required to move and raise the obelisk in Paris Image_Title Detail, pedestal decorated with diagrams showing the engineering required to move and raise the obelisk in Paris Image View false
Creator:
unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) Agent_Display unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) Creator false
Location:
site: Paris, Île-de-France, France Work_Location_Type_Display site: Paris, Île-de-France, France Location false
Location Note:
Place de la Concorde Work_LocationNotes Place de la Concorde Location Note false
GPS:
+48.865556+2.321111
Date:
ca. 1279-1213 BCE (creation); reinstalled 1836 (alteration) Work_DateDisplay ca. 1279-1213 BCE (creation); reinstalled 1836 (alteration) Date false
Cultural Context:
Egyptian (ancient) Work_Culture Egyptian (ancient) Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Egyptian (ancient); New Kingdom (Egyptian); Nineteenth Dynasty Work_StylePeriodDisplay Egyptian (ancient); New Kingdom (Egyptian); Nineteenth Dynasty Style Period false
Work Type 1:
obelisk (monumental pillar) Work_Worktype1 obelisk (monumental pillar) Work Type 1 false
Classification:
architecture Work_Classification architecture Classification false
Material:
red granite; gold cap and inlay on base Work_MaterialDisplay red granite; gold cap and inlay on base Material false
Technique:
carving (processes); construction (assembling) Work_Technique carving (processes); construction (assembling) Technique false
Measurements:
75 ft (height, with base)
Relation Work:
part of Place de la Concorde RelationType1_Work_RelatedWork1 part of Place de la Concorde Relation Work false
Subjects:
architecture; engineering and industrial design; manufacturing; military or war; rulers and leaders; writing systems; Egypt--Civilization; Ramses II, King of Egypt; epigraphy; hieroglyphics Work_Image_SubjectDisplay architecture; engineering and industrial design; manufacturing; military or war; rulers and leaders; writing systems; Egypt--Civilization; Ramses II, King of Egypt; epigraphy; hieroglyphics Subjects false
Description:
The Luxor Obelisk is an Egyptian obelisk now standing at the center of the Place de la Concorde in Paris. It was originally one of two obelisks located at the entrance to the Luxor Temple, in Egypt; the other obelisk is still in place there. They have hieroglyphics exalting the reign of the pharaoh Ramses II. The obelisk arrived in Paris on December 21, 1833, a gift from Muhammad Ali Pasha, the W?li and self-proclaimed Khedive of Egypt . Three years later, on October 25, 1836, King Louis-Philippe of France had it placed in the center of Place de la Concorde. Missing its original pyramidion (believed stolen in the 6th century BCE), the government of France added a gold-leafed pyramid cap to the top of the obelisk in 1998. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Six LocalCollection Archivision Addition Module Six Collection false
Identifier:
1A2-F-P-PCO-A12 Image_OriginalVendorID 1A2-F-P-PCO-A12 Identifier false
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

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