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This is a list of all known ancient Egyptian obelisks.^[1]^[2] The list does not include modern or pre-modern copies or mock-Egyptian obelisks, such as the numerous pseudo-Egyptian obelisks made during the Roman Empire.

Only about 30 such obelisks are still standing worldwide, and there are more in Italy than in Egypt. The international transportation of Egyptian obelisks dates to the Roman conquest of Egypt following the death of Cleopatra, and in modern times to Egyptian gifts to other major cities such as the Luxor Obelisk at the Place de la Concorde in Paris, and the Cleopatra's Needles on the Victoria Embankment and in Central Park in London and New York respectively.^[3]

Name	Height (with base)	Builder	Location (since)	City, Country	Original location
Unfinished obelisk	41.75m	Hatshepsut	Stone Quarries, Aswan	Aswan, Egypt	Aswan (in situ)
Lateran Obelisk	32.18 m (45.70 m)	Tuthmosis III / Tuthmosis IV	Lateran Palace	Rome, Italy	Karnak
Karnak obelisk	29.56m	Hatshepsut	Karnak Temple	Luxor, Egypt	Karnak (in situ)
Vaticano	25.5 m (41 m)	Unknown	St. Peter's Square	Vatican City	Alexandria
Luxor obelisk	25.03m	Ramses II	Luxor Temple	Luxor, Egypt	Luxor Temple (in situ)
Flaminio Obelisk (a.k.a. Popolo obelisk	24 m (36.5 m)	Seti I / Ramses II	Piazza del Popolo	Rome, Italy	Heliopolis
Luxor Obelisk	22.83m	Ramses II	Place de la Concorde (1833)	Paris, France	Luxor Temple
Obelisk of Montecitorio (a.k.a. Solare obelisk)	21.79m (33.97m)	Psammetichus II	Piazza di Montecitorio	Rome, Italy	Heliopolis
Karnak obelisk	21.20m	Thutmosis I	Karnak	Luxor, Egypt	Karnak (in situ)
Cleopatra's Needle	21.00m	Tuthmosis III	Victoria Embankment (1878)	London, United Kingdom	Heliopolis (via Alexandria)
Cleopatra's Needle	21.00m	Tuthmosis III	Central Park (1881)	New York City, United States	Heliopolis (via Alexandria)
Al-Masalla obelisk	20.40m	Senusret I	Al-Masalla area of Al-Matariyyah district in Heliopolis	Cairo, Egypt	Heliopolis (in situ)
Obelisk of Theodosius (a.k.a. Istanbul obelisk)	18.54m (25.6m)	Tuthmosis III	Sultanahmet Square	Istanbul, Turkey	Karnak
Tahrir obelisk		Ramses II	Tahrir Square (2020)	Cairo, Egypt	Tanis
Cairo Airport obelisk	16.97m	Ramses II	Cairo International Airport (1984)	Cairo, Egypt	Tanis
Macuteo obelisk (a.k.a. Pantheon obelisk)	14.52m (26.34m)	Ramses II	Piazza della Rotonda	Rome, Italy	Heliopolis
Gezira obelisk	13.5m (20.4m)	Ramses II	Gezira Island, Cairo	Cairo, Egypt	Tanis
Faiyum obelisk (Crocodilopolis obelisk)	12.70m	Senusret I	Abgig	Faiyum, Egypt	Faiyum (local area, found fallen)
Matteiano obelisk (a.k.a. Celimontana obelisk)	12.23m (22.68m)	Ramses II	Villa Celimontana	Rome, Italy	Heliopolis
Philae obelisk	6.70m	Ptolemy IX	Kingston Lacy(1815)	Dorset, United Kingdom	Philae (Temple of Isis)
Boboli Obelisk	6.34m	Ramses II	Boboli Gardens	Florence, Italy	Heliopolis (via Rome)
Elephant and Obelisk (a.k.a. Minerveo obelisk)	5.47m (12.69m)	Apries	Piazza della Minerva (Roman period, rediscovered 1665)	Rome, Italy	Sais
Abu Simbel obelisks	3.13m	Ramses II	Nubian Museum	Aswan, Egypt	Abu Simbel (Great Temple)
Urbino obelisk	3.00m	Apries	Ducal Palace	Urbino, Italy	Sais (via Rome)
Poznań obelisk	3.00m	Ramses II	Poznań Archaeological Museum (2002)	Poznań, Poland	Athribis (via Berlin, 1895)
Durham obelisk	2.15m	Amenhotep II	Oriental Museum, University of Durham (1838)	Durham, United Kingdom	unknown (via Thebes)
Dogali obelisk (a.k.a. Casanatese obelisk)	2m (6.34 m)	Ramses II	Baths of Diocletian	Rome, Italy	Heliopolis
Abishemu obelisk	1.25m (1.45m)	Abishemu	Beirut National Museum	Beirut, Lebanon	Temple of the Obelisks
Karnak obelisk	0.95m	Seti II	Karnak	Luxor, Egypt	Karnak (in situ)
Luxor obelisk	0.95m (original est. 3m)	Ramses III	Luxor Museum (1923)	Luxor, Egypt	Karnak
Obelisks of Nectanebo II	0.95m (original est. 5.5m)	Nectanebo II	British Museum	London, United Kingdom	Hermopolis
Catania obelisk			Piazza del Duomo	Catania, Italy

External links

References

^ Gorringe, Henry Honychurch (1885). Egyptian Obelisks. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Photography: The World through the Lens. John C. Nimmo.
^ Joseph Bonomi the Younger, 1843, Notes of Obelisks
^ Allen, D. (2013). How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-01701-3. Retrieved 2022-01-23. By the way, there are 29 extant Egyptian obelisks in the world today. Nine are in Egypt, and eleven in Italy (eight of which are in Rome, having been pilfered by the Romans after Augustus defeated Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BCE, thereby conquering Egypt). Others are scattered across the world.

[1] Gorringe, Henry Honychurch (1885). Egyptian Obelisks. Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Photography: The World through the Lens. John C. Nimmo.

[2] Joseph Bonomi the Younger, 1843, Notes of Obelisks

[3] Allen, D. (2013). How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World. Springer International Publishing. ISBN 978-3-319-01701-3. Retrieved 2022-01-23. By the way, there are 29 extant Egyptian obelisks in the world today. Nine are in Egypt, and eleven in Italy (eight of which are in Rome, having been pilfered by the Romans after Augustus defeated Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BCE, thereby conquering Egypt). Others are scattered across the world.

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-This is a '''list of all known ancient Egyptian obelisks'''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Gorringe | first= Henry Honychurch |authorlink= Henry Honychurch Gorringe| title=Egyptian Obelisks | publisher=John C. Nimmo | series=Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Photography: The World through the Lens | year=1885 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRgjAQAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>[[Joseph Bonomi the Younger]], 1843, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112118403853&view=1up&seq=183 Notes of Obelisks]</ref> It does not include modern or pre-modern copies or mock-Egyptian obelisks, such as the numerous pseudo-Egyptian obelisks made during the Roman Empire.
+This is a '''list of all known ancient Egyptian obelisks'''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Gorringe | first= Henry Honychurch |authorlink= Henry Honychurch Gorringe| title=Egyptian Obelisks | publisher=John C. Nimmo | series=Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Photography: The World through the Lens | year=1885 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cRgjAQAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref>[[Joseph Bonomi the Younger]], 1843, [https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112118403853&view=1up&seq=183 Notes of Obelisks]</ref> The list does not include modern or pre-modern copies or mock-Egyptian obelisks, such as the numerous pseudo-Egyptian obelisks made during the Roman Empire.
+Only about 30 such obelisks are still standing worldwide, and there are more in Italy than in Egypt. The international transportation of Egyptian obelisks dates to the Roman conquest of Egypt following the [[death of Cleopatra]], and in modern times to Egyptian gifts to other major cities such as the [[Luxor Obelisks|Luxor Obelisk]] at the [[Place de la Concorde]] in [[Paris]], and the [[Cleopatra's Needles]] on the [[Victoria Embankment]] and in [[Central Park]] in [[London]] and [[New York City|New York]] respectively.<ref>{{cite book | last=Allen | first=D. | title=How Mechanics Shaped the Modern World | publisher=Springer International Publishing | year=2013 | isbn=978-3-319-01701-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wRm4BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA26 | access-date=2022-01-23| quote=By the way, there are 29 extant Egyptian obelisks in the world today. Nine are in Egypt, and eleven in Italy (eight of which are in Rome, having been pilfered by the Romans after Augustus defeated Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BCE, thereby conquering Egypt). Others are scattered across the world.}}</ref>
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