Talk:Philae obelisk

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There is only one obelisk at Kingston Lacey. Bankes didn't 'discover' it, he brought it from G.V Belzoni in 1815.

The hieroglyphs and a translation can be found in 'Cleopatra's Needles and Other Egyptian Obelisks' by E.A. Wallis Budge, Kessinger Publishing ISBN 0-7661-3524-1. Wallis Budge mistakenly believed the obelisk was the work of Ptolemy IX The obelisk is badly weathered at the glyphs are barely readable on two of the sides.
 * Thanks, it was my error to say "both obelisks". I will correct that now.
 * I don't have a source for the acquisition from Belzoni: if someone else does, please add this information to the page. And rew D alby  17:28, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

Hallo- just wanted to mention: the statement: "the documents are dated 118/117 BC" shows amazing future guessing capabilities for the Egyptians! How they could know that JC was coming in 118 or 117 years was incredible! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.247.125.124 (talk) 21:21, 6 August 2014 (UTC)