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Hatshepsut also erected two of her own obelisks inside Thutmose I's hypostyle hall. [28] Stela of Thutmose I in the Cairo Museum. In addition to Karnak, Thutmose I also built statues of the Ennead at Abydos, buildings at Armant, Ombos, el-Hiba, Memphis, and Edfu, as well as minor expansions to buildings in Nubia, at Semna, Buhen, Aniba, and Quban.
Karnak obelisk of Thutmosis I 21.20 m: Thutmose I: 1506–1493 BC Karnak (in situ) Karnak: Luxor: Egypt [1] Cleopatra's Needles (London and New York obelisks) 21.00 m: Thutmose III: 1479 – 1425 BC Heliopolis (via Alexandria) Victoria Embankment (1878) London: United Kingdom [2] Central Park (1881) New York City: United States [1] Al-Masalla ...
The obelisk was first erected during the 18th dynasty by Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC) to the south of the seventh pylon of the great temple of Karnak.The Roman emperor Constantius II (337–361 AD) had it and another obelisk transported along the river Nile to Alexandria to commemorate his ventennalia or 20 years on the throne in 357.
The obelisk of Thutmose I between the 3rd and 4th Pylon, 18th Dynasty. In a narrow court, there are several obelisks, one which dates from Thutmose I, and is 21.2 m high and weighs nearly 150 tons. Just beyond this is the remaining obelisk of Hatshepsut, nearly 30 m in height. Later kings blocked out the view of this from ground level, and ...
Thutmose I erected an enclosure wall around the Middle Kingdom temple, connecting the Fourth and Fifth pylons, which comprise the earliest part of the temple still standing in situ. They contain fourteen papyrus columns and the two obelisks of Hatshepsut, which were later hidden from view by walls set up by Thutmose III.
The earliest obelisk ships were built in Ancient Egypt to transport obelisks via the Nile from the quarries to their destination. During the reign of Thutmose I, Ineni was granted superintendence of the king's building projects, which included the erection of two obelisks. A surviving text fragment documents that the obelisk ship had a length ...
Originally, the obelisk was created by Pharaoh Thutmose III (1479–1425 BC) for himself and another for his father, but neither were completed before his death. Thutmose III's grandson, Thutmose IV (1400–1390 BC) finished the obelisks and had them erected to the east of the great temple of Amun in Karnak. map
The Obelisk of Tuthmosis III, Istanbul, Turkey. Around 30 BCE, Rome seized control of Egypt and looted the various temple complexes; in one case they destroyed walls at the Temple of Karnak to haul them out. There are now more than twice as many obelisks that were seized and shipped out by Rome as remain in Egypt.