Obelisks of Pharaohs | Facts and history Egyptian obelisks outside Egypt, their relationship to Egyptian Mythology.
Facts and history of the secret The pharaonic obelisks are erected in front of the temples in the ancient Egypt, how the obelisk was built and transported, what is the reason for the construction and more Ancient Egypt History.
Obelisks of Pharaohs
Why did the Egyptians build obelisks?
The Obelisks of the Pharaohs are towers or a stone column with a thin thickness, and this column comes on four sides with a head resembling a small pyramid.
Obelisks of the Pharaohs were used in the past to inscribe Hieroglyphic writings “Ancient Egyptian Language” and religious drawings on them as in Ancient Egyptian religion, were also known in other civilizations, including the Abyssinian civilization, the Greek-Roman era, the Byzantines, as well as the Assyrian civilization.
Who was the king in whose era the obelisks were built?
King Ramses II, the most famous Egyptian Pharaohs kings from the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt in The New Kingdom period in ancient Egypt.
What is the most famous Obelisks of Pharaohs?
Obelisks were used to put them in temples. One of the oldest Egyptian Temples obelisks is an obelisk made of red granite “Ancient Egyptian Metallurgy“, belonging to King Senusret I from Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt during Middle Kingdom.
The obelisk is located in the Heliopolis district of Cairo, specifically in the Matareya area. The obelisk is 20.7 meters long and weighs nearly 120 tons.
What was the purpose of Egyptian obelisks?
Obelisks are part of the Sculpture in Ancient Egypt and Architecture in ancient Egypt, and they were important because they were used for more than one purpose.
In the past, obelisks were made from the granite quarries that existed in Aswan, in addition to other materials.
How many Obelisks of Pharaohs out Egypt?
The number of Obelisks of Pharaohs outside Egypt = 28 Pharaonic obelisks and they were placed in public squares around the world.
What is the truth about obelisks?
- The idea of obelisks moved from Egypt to Rome.
- The tallest obelisk and the largest Egyptian is the Lateran obelisk. The obelisk is located in San Giovanni Square in Rome, the capital of Italy.
- Lateran obelisk with a length of 32.18 meters and a weight of 413 tons. Some events occurred that affected the length and weight of the obelisk. It is now four meters shorter and weighs approximately 300 tons.
- There are so far about 75 obelisks dating back to the civilization of the pharaohs, and there is an incomplete obelisk found so far in the pharaonic quarry in Aswan.
- The incomplete obelisk is very huge, it weighs 1170 tons and its length reaches 41 meters.
- There are currently obelisks belonging to Pharaonic Egypt and located in Paris, Rome and London.
What is the Obelisks of Pharaohs in Egyptian mythology?
- Obelisks of Pharaohs of the Pharaohs are considered a sacred stone for the ancient Egyptians, so important writings such as religious or legal texts were written on them.
- The obelisk in the past was a symbol of the sun God Ra “The Egyptian Gods” and was in the old days of King Akhenaton era. It was said that the obelisk is a petrified ray of the sun’s disk.
- There are currently two obelisks in Luxor and one in the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir El Bahari, Building by Queen Hatshepsut.
- At Cairo International Airport there is the Ramses II Obelisk, and there is the obelisk of King Ramses II in Tahrir Square.
- The obelisk of King Senusret I is located in Heliopolis in the city of Cairo.
- Among the obelisks in Fayoum is also the obelisk of King Senusret I.
- There are also two obelisks in Sa El-Hagar “Sais” in Basyoun, Gharbia in Delta and two obelisks in the New Administrative Capital, as well as an obelisk of King Ramses II in New Alamein.
- The obelisk of King Ramses II is in the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo.
What is the most famous obelisks in the world?
- Obelisks of Pharaohs Since they were the famous Pharaonic architecture, those obelisks were imitated even in European countries.
- There is an obelisk in Buckinghamshire called the Obelisk of General Wolf, which was built in 1754 AD.
- There is also another obelisk found in the Canary Islands called the Candelaria obelisk.
- In the District of Columbia there is also a monument in Washington that was built in 1848 to 1888.
- The obelisk of the Martyrs of Bogata is located in Colombia and is 17 meters high. The obelisk was opened in 1880 AD.
- There is also an obelisk honoring the liberal General Jose Maria in Spain, which was built in 1842 AD.
Where are Obelisks of Pharaohs in the world?
- Italy contains about 8 Egyptian obelisks, these obelisks moved during the Roman occupation of Egypt
- England also contains Egyptian obelisks such as Cleopatra’s Obelisk “Cleopatra’s Needle” on the Thames in London.
- There is another Obelisk of Cleopatra located in Central Park in New York City.
- Muhammad Ali Pasha gave many gifts to France, including pharaonic obelisks, the most famous of which was the obelisk of Ramses II, which was located in the Luxor Temple “Luxor Obelisks“.
- The obelisk of Ramses II was moved in 1833 AD from Luxor to Alexandria, and the weight of the obelisk was approximately 250 tons.
- In Turkey there is now the obelisk of King Thutmose III and is currently located in Istanbul, which was transferred during the reign of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I.
- There is now a group of obelisks in Rome, including King Amenhotep II, which is approximately 25.5 meters long and comes in black and bronze on top.
- Obelisks of Pharaohs “King Ramses II” is found in Flaminio and is approximately 24 meters long. There is also an obelisk belonging to King Psamtik I from Twenty-Sixth Dynasty of Egypt during Late Period “Black Pharaohs“, with a length of 21.79 meters.
- There is also another obelisk found in Rome and it dates back to Ramses II, but its length is 14.53 meters.
- The Obelisk of Ibris, also in Rome, is 12.69 meters long.
Where is the oldest obelisk in the world?
One of the oldest obelisks known in history is the Obelisk of Hammurabi and it is called “The Code of Hammurabi” and it is present in Iraq.
The Obelisk of Hammurabi contains the laws and legislations of the ancient Iraqi civilization, so it was called the Code of Hammurabi.
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