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 one side ...

In 1830, Muhammad Ali Pasha, the governor of Egypt, issued a decree gifting the twin obelisks of the Luxor Temple to France. This gesture was intended to solidify the strategic alliance between the ...

This elegant temple rests along the Nile in the heart of the modern town of Luxor (site of ancient Thebes). It was begun by Amenophis III and largely completed by Ramses II, though later builders ...

A French Egyptologist, Dr. Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier, claims to have discovered seven secret messages hidden within the hieroglyphic inscriptions on the Luxor Obelisk in Paris’s Place de la ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these strange encryptions. Reading time 2 minutes In 1830, the viceroy of Egypt gifted ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Ramses II—also known as Ramses the Great—ruled Egypt for 66 years, and his reign is considered to be the ...