Obelisk of Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut erected a pair of monumental obelisks at Karnak during the Eighteenth Dynasty. One still stands in the Precinct of Amun-Re at nearly 30 metres high, carved from Aswan granite and inscribed with texts linking the queen to Amun and her royal legitimacy. The obelisk in Central Park, New York, is not its twin; that monument is one of the so-called Cleopatra’s Needles, originally erected for Thutmose III. Hatshepsut’s obelisk is one of the clearest surviving statements of her building program at Karnak. Visitor planning: Internal Karnak POI. Context: Part of the archaeological, architectural or cultural history of ancient and historic Thebes represented across Luxor Governorate. Obelisk of Hatshepsut is recorded in the Luxor City area of Luxor. The location record includes the map query Obelisk of Hatshepsut, Luxor, Egypt. Plan roughly 10 to 30 minutes for the visit. The current planning record recommends morning as a practical time of day. Expected physical effort is low. Heat exposure is recorded as high. The current crowd-level estimate is medium. The recorded recommended transport mode is walk or ride hail. The current record indicates that admission or an arranged ticket is required; confirm the current terms before visiting. The recorded ticket model is parent ticket. Ticket data status is inherited from parent ticket; reconfirm variable or unverified charges before travel. It is linked to parent record LUX-003 in the destination catalog. Visitor access is currently recorded as parent access. Operational confidence is recorded as medium.