Smaller obelisks were usually placed in temples dedicated to Isis or Serapis, the Greco-Egyptian god. Today Rome has 13 Egyptian obelisks, far more than any other city—or country—in the world.

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 ...

Sacred carvings etched into a 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk may finally have been deciphered, thanks to the work of French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier. The monument, which once ...

EGYPT'S GREAT TEMPLES; PROF. BICKMORE LECTURES ON LUXOR, KARNAK, AND THEBES. A Sacred Edifice Three Times the Size of St. Peter's -- An Obelisk Covered with Burnished Gold -- Record of Israel's ...

Located about 2 miles northeast of the Temple of Luxor, the Karnak Temple Complex features multiple temples, two obelisks, hieroglyphs and a sacred lake that was used for special rituals.

Carved head of Ramesses II with obelisk base, colossal statue of Ramesses II, and first pylon in the background, Temple of Luxor, Thebes (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 1979), Egypt.

One remains in position outside of Egypt's Luxor Temple, while the other was transported to Paris aboard a custom-built ship in the early 1830s.

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 ...

Luxor Temple is a complex of temples, courtyards, obelisks and sphinxes, onto which has been cobbled a Roman sanctuary and later mosque. It looks spectacular under evening illuminations.

The Karnak temple in Luxor, where millions of tourists visit every year. AP Wednesday’s attack was the second this month by suspected Islamic militants at or near a major tourist attraction. On ...