🗿 The Luxor Obelisk in Paris Standing tall in the Place de la Concorde, the Luxor Obelisk is more than 3,300 years old and a direct link to the reign of Ramesses II of Egypt’s New Kingdom. Hewn from red granite, it once stood as one of a pair at the entrance of the Temple of Luxor in Thebes, serving as a sentinel of pharaonic grandeur. The obelisk rises to 33.37 meters (109 ft) today, complete with a gold-leafed pyramidion added in 1998. Its hieroglyphs celebrate the military victories and divi