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A trio of archaeologists from the University of Barcelona and the University of Castilla-La Mancha, both in Spain, and the ...

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The obelisk is covered in hieroglyphics—the ancient Egyptians’ pictorial writing system—and engraved with both names that Ramses used as king. During his long reign in the 13th century B.C ...