Hidden messages praising Pharaoh Ramesses II discovered on 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk in Paris

Hidden messages praising Pharaoh Ramesses II discovered on 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk in Paris

A 3,300-year-old Egyptian obelisk looming over Paris’ Place de la Concorde recently yielded a sequence of secret messages, all thanks to French Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier’s keen observations. Once placed at the Luxor Temple’s entrance in Egypt, the red granite monument is now the target of a groundbreaking study that claims it was an ancient propaganda monument promoting Pharaoh Ramesses II as a divine ruler. Upper part of the …

Thousands of years ago, during the time of the Egyptian pharaohs, propaganda was already being used. An Egyptologist claims to have found inscriptions on an Egyptian obelisk praising the pharaoh Ramesses II. Propaganda is not only a common phenomenon of the past 100 years, but was also used in ancient times […] More science? Read the latest articles on Scientias.nl .