Egyptian Obelisks over the world

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In Egypt ­ 9 Egyptian Obelisks

* Pharaoh Tuthmosis I, Karnak Temple, Luxor
* Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Temple
* Pharaoh Hatshepsut, Karnak Temple, Luxor
* Pharaoh Senusret I, Al-Masalla area of Al-Matariyyah district in Heliopolis, Cairo
* Pharaoh Ramses III, Luxor Museum
* Pharaoh Ramses II, Gezira Island, Cairo, 20.4 m
* Pharaoh Ramses II, Cairo International Airport, 16.97 m
* Pharaoh Seti II, Karnak Temple, Luxor, 7 m
* Pharaoh Senusret I, Faiyum (ancient site of Crocodilopolis), 12.9 m

France ­ 1 Egyptian Obelisks

* Pharaoh Ramses II, Luxor Obelisk, in Place de la Concorde, Paris


Italy ­ 18 (includes the only one located in the Vatican City) Egyptian Obelisks

* 14 in Rome (see Obelisks in Rome)
* Piazza del Duomo, Catania (Sicily)
* Boboli Gardens (Florence)
* Urbino Obelisco di Benevento

Poland ­ 1 Egyptian Obelisks

* Ramses II, Poznan Archaeological Museum, Poznan (on loan from Agyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin)

Turkey ­ 1 Egyptian Obelisks

* Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, in Square of Horses, Istanbul

United Kingdom ­ 4 Egyptian Obelisks

* Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, "Cleopatra's Needle", on Victoria Embankment, London
* Pharaoh Amenhotep II, in the Oriental Museum, University of Durham
* Pharaoh Ptolemy IX, Philae obelisk, at Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne Minster, Dorset
* Pharaoh Nectanebo II, British Museum, London (pair of obelisks)

United States ­ 1 Egyptian Obelisks

* Pharaoh Tuthmosis III, "Cleopatra's Needle", in Central Park, New York

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