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The Obelisk is an Ancient Egyptian obelisk taken from the Luxor Temple and currently located at the Place de la Concorde, Paris, France.
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It stands 75 feet high and is made of yellow granite.
The hieroglyphs say good things about Ramses II
It is more than 3,000 years old.
There is another one like it still at the Luxor Temple in Egypt.
It was placed at its current location 25 October 1836.
Muhammad Ali Pasha, Ruler of Ottoman Egypt exchanged it for a French clock.
The fountains on the side date from the time the obelisk was placed on the pedestal.
