Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk • Hacker News Board

Re: Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 08, 2025, 11:46 AM UTC

gostsamo wrote: post #6

diggan wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is the US planning on giving back the Statue of Liberty? Would make as much sense

TBH, the statue of liberty was a gift while the obelisks were pillaged.

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Re: Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk

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Post by gostsamo » Thu, May 08, 2025, 11:49 AM UTC

krige wrote: post #7

gostsamo wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

TBH, the statue of liberty was a gift while the obelisks were pillaged.

...they weren't?

I stand corrected. The pillaging was initially planned but failed and it was gifted under circumstances that are not clear from the Wikipedia article.

Re: Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk

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Post by Luc » Thu, May 08, 2025, 11:50 AM UTC

bhickey wrote: post #2

You can change the link: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/hidden-messages-paris-luxo...

Yes, this is a much better link.

Re: Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, May 08, 2025, 11:51 AM UTC

gostsamo wrote: post #6

diggan wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is the US planning on giving back the Statue of Liberty? Would make as much sense

TBH, the statue of liberty was a gift while the obelisks were pillaged.

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Re: Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk

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Post by infecto » Thu, May 08, 2025, 11:53 AM UTC

amitport wrote: post #3

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While I generally understand the sentiment, I would also argue that most of the countries that have been pillaged of artifacts are also incredibly unstable. I would rather the pillaging exist than to lose history. We could go on as to why those countries are unstable but keeping it bounded to simply the pillaging of artifacts I stand behind it.

Re: Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk

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Post by thanatos519 » Thu, May 08, 2025, 11:54 AM UTC

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Re: Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk

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Post by Trasmatta » Thu, May 08, 2025, 11:54 AM UTC

Are the same messages on the obelisk in Central Park? I believe it's essentially the same obelisk. I walk by that one at least once a week. Pretty sad how much the NYC climate has damaged it, though, as opposed to the desert climate it originated from.

Re: Egyptologist uncovers hidden messages on Paris’s iconic obelisk

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Post by Luc » Thu, May 08, 2025, 11:56 AM UTC

https://www.progres.net.eg/plusieurs-messages-caches-sur-lob...

In this article in French, they mention hieroglyphs encoded in the way arms and legs are drawn of a figure on the throne of Tutankhamun, and that only 6 Egyptologists in the whole worlds are able to decode them.

Hmmm, I wonder how mainstream these ideas are? Do other Egyptologists respect them?

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Post by Ylpertnodi » Thu, May 08, 2025, 12:05 PM UTC

amitport wrote: post #3

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>(also looking at you, England and Italy...)

*Great Britain, and whoever.

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Post by victorbjorklund » Thu, May 08, 2025, 12:10 PM UTC

amitport wrote: post #3

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That is just silly. Should we demand Iran returns things from Greece, Egypt, etc that they acquired during the Persian empire? Should Egypt return things they acquired from their neighbors in the past?