Hidden messages praising Pharaoh Ramesses II discovered on 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk in Paris A 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk looming over Paris’ Place de la Concorde recently yielded a sequence of secret messages, all thanks to French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier’s keen observations. Once placed at the Luxor Temple’s entrance in Egypt, the red granite monument is now the target of a groundbreaking study that claims it was an ancient propaganda monument promoting Pharaoh Ramesses II as a divine ruler. Originally constructed by Ramesses II—one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt—the obelisk was gifted to France by the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century and relocated in 1836... More information: https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/hidden-messages-on-egyptian-obelisk-in-paris/