Philae obelisk
The Philae obelisk is one of a pair of twin obelisks erected at Philae in Upper Egypt in the second century BC. It was discovered by William John Bankes in 1815, who had it brought to Kingston Lacy in Dorset, England, where it still stands today. The Greek and Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions on the obelisk played a role in the Decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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obelisk
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Philae
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Upper Egypt
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William John Bankes
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Kingston Lacy
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Dorset
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England
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Greek
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Egyptian
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hieroglyphic
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Decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
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Philae obelisk
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1815-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1815
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