Secret Messages Detected on Egyptian Obelisk in Paris

Dr. Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier examining the obelisk PARIS, FRANCE—Artnet reports that on his daily walks around Paris, Egyptologist Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier of Paris Sorbonne University and Institut Catholique de Paris began to notice unusual hieroglyphics on the giant obelisk standing in the city’s Place de la Concorde. The monument was erected during the reign of Ramesses II (reigned ca. 1279–1213 b.c.) and originally stood outside Egypt’s Luxor Temple, but was moved to France in the 1830s. Olette-Pelletier believed that the carved stone block could feature crypto-hieroglyphics, secret messages involving puzzles or wordplay that only Egypt’s educated and intellectual elite would have been able to read. He was given the opportunity to examine the 70-foot obelisk up close as it underwent cleaning prior to the 2024 Paris Olympics, and confirmed that the symbols did indeed contain at least seven examples of crypto-hieroglyphics. These essentially sought to remind those who ... Read full article.