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Si-amun · **Posted:** Tue Jul 06, 2004 5:30 am

Haha. The obelisk was moved in antiquity from the Temple of the Sun in Heliopolis to the entrance to the Caesareum in Alexandria. It has been moved twice! The other obelisk is on the London Embankment, overlooking the Thames close to Big Ben and the houses of Parliament. I think the obelisk in Rome came from Philae but I am not sure. The one in the Place de la Concord in Paris came from the Temple of Luxor and is ascribed to Ramsses II. It was given by the Egyptians in exchange for a huge clock which coincidentaly never worked. This all happened in the 1820's, and the clock is now in the courtyard of the Mosque of Muhammed Ali, in Cairo's Citadel.

PharoahKel · **Posted:** Sat Aug 14, 2004 5:36 pm

Oooh. I cant wait to see them!

Si-amun · **Posted:** Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:48 am

PharoahKel · **Posted:** Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:36 am

Haha, no planned date, I just meant sometime in my life I cant wait to see them.

I might be going sooner then expected though.