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The viceroy initially offered two obelisks from Alexandria, the so-called Cleopatra’s needles, but Champollion suggested the Luxor Obelisks as a substitute, because of the exquisite quality of their hieroglyphics.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

Obelisks were the gifts of the pharaohs, often built in pairs at the entrances to temples.

From Washington Post • Apr. 14, 2016

Obelisks represent solar rays that were symbolically petrified, and the one at the kerb should be pointing its chiselled tip at her.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2011

Obelisks were carved at the granite quarry in Aswan, Egypt.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Obelisks and Pyramids erected to the Sun and Fire.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert