| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Paris, Île-de-France, France | en_US |
| dc.coverage.spatial | Former Site: Luxor [Al Uqsur], Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa, | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | ca. 1279-1213 BCE (creation); reinstalled 1836 (alteration) | en_US |
| dc.creator | unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) | en_US |
| dc.date | -1279--1213 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-08-15T15:26:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-08-15T15:26:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | -1279--1213 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 230506 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 2402 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/138290 | |
| dc.description | Detail, pedestal decorated with diagrams showing the engineering required to move and raise the obelisk in Paris; 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 Wāli 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 (accessed 5/5/2011) | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | red granite; gold cap and inlay on base | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architecture | en_US |
| dc.subject | engineering and industrial design | en_US |
| dc.subject | manufacturing | en_US |
| dc.subject | military or war | en_US |
| dc.subject | rulers and leaders | en_US |
| dc.subject | writing systems | en_US |
| dc.subject | Egypt--Civilization | en_US |
| dc.subject | Ramses II, King of Egypt | en_US |
| dc.subject | epigraphy | en_US |
| dc.subject | hieroglyphics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Egyptian (ancient) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nineteenth Dynasty | en_US |
| dc.subject | New Kingdom (Egyptian) | en_US |
| dc.title | Luxor Obelisk [in Paris] | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Obélisque de Louxor | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A2-F-P-PCO-A10 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | Egyptian (ancient) | en_US |
| vra.technique | carving (processes), construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | obelisk (monumental pillar) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | unknown (Egyptian (ancient)) | en_US |
