Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose IV erects a 32-meter obelisk... - Historystack

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Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose IV erects a 32-meter obelisk weighing 455 tons, known now as Lateran Obelisk, at the Temple of Karnak, which becomes the tallest obelisk ever erected in Egypt

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Ancient Egypt

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Quite important (7)

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Sculpture

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Lateran Obelisk

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Milky Way, Solar System, Earth, Art, Africa, Bronze Age, History of Egypt, Ancient Egypt, Sculpture, 14th Century BC, Obelisks, Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Egyptian Obelisks, Karnak Temple Complex, Thutmose IV, Lateran Obelisk, Year 1395 BC

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