The obelisk of Luxor temple with it’s perfect sharp edged sides reach for the sun, pays homage to the Sun god Ra,whose rays flash down it to highlight the bold vertical lines of deep inscriptions that inspire the traveler to utter the names of Ramses making him immortal once more, once his name is spoken his authority of this ancient land is invoked and assured again, The Horus, Mighty Bull, Exalter of Thebes, Favorite of the Two Goddess, establishing monuments for his father Amun who placed him on the Throne, Golden Horus seeking excellent things for him who fashioned him King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Usamatre, Chosen of Re. In 1835 the Pasha of Egypt Mohammed Ali gave its twin obelisk to France in recognition of Champillion having deciphered the Rosetta stone, which allowed the world to finally understand the words of the ancient Egyptians that had remained silent for thousands of years . The twin obelisk now stands in The Palace de la Concorde at Paris. And the Ancient Egyptian spell of protection that the two combined Obelisks offered the parimeters of the temple have been severed.
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