A 4000-year-old Obelisk unearthed in Giza

CAIRO – 5 October 2017: A part of a 4000-year-old obelisk that belonged to an Ancient Egyptian queen was unearthed in Giza by the French-Swiss archaeological mission, the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities announced.

The statement added that the obelisk belongs to the Ancient Egyptian Queen Ankhesenpepi II, mother of King Pepi II, which is why this discovery is extremely archaeologically significant.


The unearthed part of the Obelisk

The obelisk is made from pink granite, and is five or six meters tall. The height of the discovered part is two meters and a half.

One side of the obelisk bores an Ancient Egyptian cartouche with hieroglyphic scripts.

Queen Ankhesenpepi II was the guardian of the throne at the beginning of King Pepi’s reign.

King Pepi II is one of the Ancient Egyptian kings of the sixth dynasty. According to Manetho, Pepi II assumed the throne at the age of six and he ruled Egypt for more than 94 years, which makes him the longest ruling monarch in human history.

The unearthed part of the Obelisk