The Grand Egyptian Museum in cooperation with a specialised company, conducted an experiment to start the process of transferringone of the three parts of King Ramses II’s obelisk. The obelisk ...

The obelisk of Thutmose I (r. circa 1504-1493 B.C.) is on the right, and that of his daughter, Hatshepsut (r. 1479-1458), on the left. One of Cleopatra’s Needles, a 224-ton Egyptian obelisk ...