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Monarchies and the Organization of Power

  • Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier discovered hidden hieroglyphic inscriptions on the 3,300-year-old Luxor Obelisk now standing in Paris in 2021.
  • The discovery followed unprecedented access to the obelisk’s upper parts during a restoration project and revealed messages aimed at Egypt’s elite literate nobility.
  • These concealed texts, readable only from specific angles, present Ramesses II as divinely chosen to rule and served a first-rate political propaganda function.
  • Olette-Pelletier’s analysis highlights two royal names from Ramesses II suggesting a two-step iconographic program; critics note some inscriptions may not have been visible to ancient viewers.
  • The findings, challenging prior understandings of monumental decor, will be published in Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne and are expected to stimulate scholarly debate.
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